They had lead vests, but the radiation was coming from below, and they weren't protected there.
"Not only would we lose up to half of our land, but spread radiation to the rest of the world, " he said.
But the radiation deaths will likely be a number so small, compared with the tsunami deaths, that they should not be a central consideration in policy decisions.
The effort was planned to be carried out by a riot squad of the National Police Agency, but the radiation level around the plant was too high for them to approach, so the government ordered the SDF to take over.
The company initially said there was no release of radiation, but admitted later that the quake released radiation and spilled radioactive water into the Sea of Japan.
The technique, called Image Guided Intensity Modulated Radiotherapy Treatment uses imaging provided by a CT scan to target the tumour before a powerful but precisely shaped radiation dose is administered.
Late in the summer ten kids with advanced neuroblastoma, one of the deadliest childhood cancers, began undergoing a radical new gene therapy with a breathtaking goal--to fight the disease not by deploying often inadequate chemotherapy and radiation but by jiggering the immune system to attack tumors it otherwise ignores.
But then, our radiation supervisor switched on the detector in the compartment and it went off the scale.
The plant is now stable, but removing all the radiation could take decades.
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While an apron covers one-third of the body, the Cellular-guard shield blocks but a fraction of radiation hitting the brain.
Workers struggled to contain a burning reactor at the Fukushima nuclear-power plant as the site emitted small but worrying amounts of radiation.
But the awareness that radiation can lead to the dreaded consequence of cancer makes us feel bad about exposure from nuclear power plants, John says.
Depleted uranium gives off relatively low levels of radiation, but can be dangerous if ingested, inhaled as dust or if it enters the body through cuts or wounds.
Dr Steinhauer and his colleagues have not yet detected sonic Hawking radiation, but they have taken the first step: they have produced a dumb hole.
But the issue of radiation protection according to Mr Ojha is "glossed over" with the recognition that more work and "creative solutions" need to be explored.
No one can deny the cautionary lesson that Bigelow delivers on the perils of radiation, but most people will crave more thrills to go with their nasty spills.
The material gives off relatively low levels of radiation, but can be dangerous if ingested, inhaled in dust or if it enters the body through cuts or wounds.
She's still undergoing radiation therapy but is back at work.
When it is ground into nanoparticles it can still block harmful ultraviolet radiation, but it allows visible light to pass straight though, which means modern sunscreens can appear completely transparent, while offering the same protection as the old white stuff.
So far, the three Japanese reactors experiencing cooling problems haven't released significant amounts of radiation, but the situation is dangerous, as an explosion Monday morning in Japan damaged a pump bringing in cooling seawater at one reactor and a third reactor began experiencing cooling problems Monday afternoon.
While he was impressed with the results, Pfister says that there is an issue that may make it hard for doctors, patients and insurers to decide how to use the drug: In many cancer centers, patients whose head and neck cancers are of the same severity as those in the trial recieve not only radiation, but also chemotherapy.
They kept asking what to do to stop the radiation leak, but company officials had no answers.
Fears of not only further radiation leaks, but of another massive earthquake, remain high among people in Tokyo.
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Not only would this have caused radiation sickness, but without rapid medical treatment such a sudden dose could have been fatal.
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Popular pastimes like collecting berries and mushrooms and walking in the forest are forbidden in contaminated areas but as time progresses the radiation signs are often ignored.
He saw how his dad went through chemo and radiation treatments, but never complained, never felt sorry for himself, and continued to work full-time to provide for his family.
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But the slow decay in radiation intensity from a tabletop pulsar would make possible extremely long-range transmitters, giving far-off space probes an energy-efficient way to beam information back to earth.
It is treated with surgery, radiation and chemo, but when it returns there is little hope.
But he added that because the radiation can build up, levels can be high in carriages with fewer passengers.
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