BACKGROUND Ablative radioiodine-131 ((131)I) therapy is used in the standart treatment procedure of thyroid carcinoma and procedures using (131)I represent the majority of Nuclear Medicine therapeutic procedures. The principal route of (131)I excretion after the administration of (131)I is the urine. Amifostine is an organic thiophosphate ester prodrug and the kidney concentrations of the activ...

sir, the big flooding in thailand in 2011 is one of the problematic flooding in asia. it causes several destroying to many things in the disaster areas. an important concern is on the effect on the setting with the radioactive elements usage. in thailand, there are some places with radioactive elements including to the university, hospital as well as radioactive research center. luckily, during...

Background: Poorly educated people in some parts of Iran use burned mantles as a wound healing medicine. Materials and Methods: To perform surface area measurement, twenty rats were divided randomly into two groups of 10 animals each. The first group received topical burned radioactive lantern mantle powder on the first to third days after making excision wounds. The second group rece...

The Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant accident happened after the devastating earthquake in Pacific coastal area of Japan on 11 March 2011. After accident, radioactive materials spread out over a wide Japan. Radioactive were retained soil surfaces, causing environmental problems. Among materials, cesium (137Cs) has long half-life 30.2 years, and it remains near surface soil; therefore, is n...

Nuclear weapons making and testing, operation of enterprises of the nuclear industry, of military and civilian nuclear fleet, as well as peaceful nuclear explosions – all that led in the USSR to release of radioactive products into the environment. In some parts of the FSU radioactive contamination exceeded permissible levels. The necessity of remediation of such territories became evident. The...

the present nuclear leakage crisis from japan is a topic to be discussed in present public health. in radiology, the leaked radioactive elements are considered hazard. here, the author briefly reviews and discusses on two important radio-hazard elements in post nuclear power plant crisis, radioactive iodine and radioactive cesium. based on previous similar nuclear crisis in russia, it is eviden...

The principles and scope of the application of radioisotopes and ionising radiation in industry are reviewed as an introduction to nuclear methods of control in sugar milling and refining. Details of the South African usage of radioactive materials are given, indicating the absence of the sugar industry. The potential of the radiotracer technique is emphasised in the light of reported investiga...

Solid waste is the unwanted or useless solid materials generated from combined residential, industrial and commercial activities in a given area. It may be categorised according to its origin (domestic, industrial, commercial, construction or institutional); according to its contents (organic material, glass, metal, plastic paper etc); or according to hazard potential (toxic, non-toxin, flammab...

The simple and low cost manipulator system for the use in small workspace of nuclear laboratories is presented. The system is designed for remote translocation of radioactive sources and other applications increasing staff safety during processing of radioisotope materials. The described cable-pulley manipulator is controlled by a very simple PC set–up.