Authorities at Lucknow’s Chaudhary Charan Singh International Airport discovered radioactive material in the cargo area during a routine inspection. The material's presence sparked concerns and necessitated immediate action to secure the area and assess any potential risks.
It contains the caesium 137 ceramic source, commonly used in radiation gauges, which emits dangerous amounts of radiation. It could cause skin burns and prolonged exposure could cause cancer.
Organisms at the ocean surface have incorporated this "bomb carbon" into the molecules that make up their bodies since the late 1950s.
In a massive search operation going in China, the country is putting hard efforts to locate a can containing radioactive isotopes. The can went missing during transportation in the country's northeastern Jilin province earlier
Washington:Safeguarding loose nuclear materials around the globe is a top priority for the US, the White House has said ahead of the Nuclear Security Summit here later this week, which among others would be attended
New Delhi: Countering the claim of Delhi Police, the head of All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) forensic department, Dr Sudhir Gupta, has said that the US Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) report "did
New Delhi: Sunanda Pushkar, wife of Congress leader Shashi Tharoor, did not die of radioactive poisoning, a report by Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) has concluded.The FBI lab reports of Sunanda Pushkar's viscera sample ruled
Jerusalem: Israel built and exploded so-called "dirty bombs," explosives laced with nuclear material, to examine how such explosions would affect the country if it were to be attacked by the crude radioactive weapons, the Haaretz
Delhi HC backs L-G but asks him to consider proposals sent by Delhi govt.Delhi High Court today backed L-G Najeeb Jung in his tussle with Kejriwal government.The High Court turned down the plea challenging the
Tokyo, Jul 11: Japan's nuclear regulator says radioactive water from the crippled Fukushima power plant is probably leaking into the Pacific Ocean, a problem long suspected by experts but denied by the plant's operator.Officials from
New Delhi, Jun 29: Two workers at the Rawatbhata Atomic Power Station in Rajasthan have suffered exposure to high doses of radioactive tritium and are under observation. The incident took place on June 23 at
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