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Caesium-137 has a half-life of about 30 years ... Some workers suffered burn-like injuries, and eventually three people died and seven others suffered radiation injuries, the report said.
The Norwegian Radiation and Nuclear Safety Authority (DSA) has discovered traces of radioactive Cesium-137 near the Russian border in Svanhovd and Viksjøfjell. The level of radioactive isotopes ...
Officials said the small silver capsule containing Caesium-137 was misplaced during transportation from a mine north of Newman – a small town from Kimberley region – to a storage facility in ...
The four-by-five inch steel tube containing radioactive Cesium-137 was reported missing last week in the densely populated area about 100 miles east of Bangkok Another radioactive capsule has gone ...
The researchers tested boar meat for the radioactive isotope cesium-137, a fission product. Cesium-137 has a 30-year half-life — the time it takes for the radioactive material to decay by half.
On April 26, 1986, the infamous explosion at a Chernobyl nuclear power plant unleashed large amounts of radiation into the atmosphere, an event that contaminated wildlife across country lines.
Traces of cesium-137 have been detected, The Barents Observer informs. According to DSA, traces of cesium-137 were detected at two radiation monitoring stations—Viksjøfjell and Svanhovd.