In this bachelor thesis, which is a part of the project RadioRoSo, we examine and analyze waste from Magnox power plants. These power plants were mostly situated in the Great Britain and they were operated between 1956 and 2015. The analyzed waste mainly consists of pieces of Magnox alloy AL80. Springs from alloy Nimonic 80A are also present in the waste and they are considered to be highly rad...

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Almost all major nuclear operations produce residues containing radioactive materials; in reactor operations, for example, the fission products, new elements (such as plutonium) produced by neutron irradiation and the unfissioned nuclear fuel are all radioactive. Some of this material can be put to further use: useful radioisotopes, for instance, can be extracted from the fission products and p...

background: many radioactive compounds may be released into the environment and hence into the drinking water supplies due to the human activities. radionuclides can also enter the food chain if the contaminated water is used for drinking or irrigation purposes. objective: to estimate the annual effective dose of natural radioactive materials like 226ra and 40k in drinking water of wells in zan...

In the recent years, interstitial brachytherapy implantation has become the treatment of choice for early stage prostate cancer patients. Treatment of prostate cancer with radiation is traced back to 1909. Originally this treatment modality was very crude and could not gain much popularity till 1982. Advancements in radioactive source designs, introduction of new low energy radioactive sources,...

Polyamine uptake and metabolism were studied in cultures of normal and Rous sarcoma virus-transformed chick embryo fibroblasts. The uptake of radioactive putrescine and spermidine by the transformed cells was faster than that of the normal controls. The amount of radioactive putrescine and polyamines taken up by the transformed cells also exceeded that observed with normal fibroblasts. The intr...

It is important to obtain information about ways of removing radioactive cesium from foods in order to reduce internal radiation exposure from food and to ensure the safety and security of food. In this study, we investigated the change of radioactive cesium content in beef due to soaking in seasoning. Our results revealed that soaking beef in liquid seasoning (salt concentration: 8-10%) for 24...

The ground motion at Yucca Mountain, Nevada, was evaluated, and its effect on siting and conceptual design of a prospective nuclear waste repository was considered. Two levels of ground motion are proposed in this report for seismic design, the higher level for design of facilities classified as important for off-site radiological safety, the lower level for on-site safety. It is recommended th...