Two TEPCO workers were rushed to the hospital yesterday after radioactive water penetrated their radiation suits, burning their skin.
Or you can pick your poison, choosing between surgery to remove the prostate and one of two forms of radiation, external beam radiation and radioactive "seeds" implanted in the gland itself.
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 device's primary source of neutron radiation was the radioactive element californium, but the stream of neutrons produced by the californium was multiplied by passing it through a lattice of highly enriched uranium U-235, whose nuclear fission released additional neutrons.
But its report emphasised that regular radiation monitoring and retrieval of radioactive objects discovered at Dalgety Bay should continue.
BBC: Dalgety Bay radiation: Particles pose 'low risk' to public
To put the reports coming out of Japan in perspective, the NRC limits occupational radiation exposure for adults working with radioactive material to 50, 000 microsieverts a year.
Cooling problems have resulted in damage to radioactive fuel rods, hydrogen gas explosions, fires and radiation releases.
Another option that has taken hold in recent years, radioactive seeds, aims to minimize side effects by placing the radiation source directly inside the prostate.
The contamination discovered last month here in eastern Washington state under a disused research building is so radioactive it could kill on contact, said Don McBride, a radiation expert with the federal contractor cleaning up the building.
He also said the bunker was subject to regular inspection, never leaked radiation, and never posed any risk to the neighborhood of radioactive exposure.
Shut-down reactors include two at the beleaguered San Onofre nuclear power plant in southern California, which hasn't produced electricity since January 2012, when a tiny radiation leak led to the discovery of damage to hundreds of tubes that carry radioactive water.
And doctors may need to look into adjusting radiation doses for cancer therapies, as they are, in part, based on radioactive decay rates.
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The twin-domed plant between San Diego and Los Angeles has not produced electricity since January 2012, when a tiny radiation leak led to the discovery of unusual damage to hundreds of tubes that carry radioactive water.
The seaside plant between Los Angeles and San Diego has been shut down since January 2012, after a small radiation leak led to the discovery of unusual damage to hundreds of tubes that carry radioactive water.
Meanwhile, fears over radioactive fallout here in the United States, which led to panic buying of an anti-radiation medicine and survival gear in the West, have been allayed for the time being by EPA findings that almost no radiation has survived the 5, 000 mile journey across the Pacific Ocean.
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The Scottish government asked radiation scientists at the HPA late last year to assess the risks to public health from radioactive sources discovered at the beach.
BBC: Dalgety Bay radiation: Particles pose 'low risk' to public
They found that anyone who eats the bluefin -- highly prized for sushi and sashimi -- would get about 5% of the radiation they'd get from eating one typical banana, a fruit high in naturally radioactive potassium.
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