1983 - Volume 25, Issue 2 | by Taylor, C.B.G. (International Atomic Energy Agency, Seibersdorf (Austria). Laboratories)
Radiotherapy can be, in some favourable cases, entirely successful in the treatment of cancer. One method of treatment - teletherapy - is to implant a compact source of radiation on or within the tumour. Artificial radioisotopes are used as sources of radiation for this purpose.
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1983 - Volume 25, Issue 2 | by Parr, R.M. (International Atomic Energy Agency, Vienna (Austria). Div. of Life Sciences)
Trace elements are those elements having a concentration lower than 10 ppm in body fluids or tissues. A total of 24 elements, both trace and minor elements, present in human milk have been analysed in this study, employing neutron activation analysis and absorption spectroscopy.
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1983 - Volume 25, Issue 2 | by Eisenlohr, H.H. (International Atomic Energy Agency, Vienna (Austria). Div. of Life Sciences)
The article presents the founding, development and present status of the IAEA/WHO network of Secondary Standard Dosimetry Laboratories, with emphasis on the contribution it brings to the needs of the developing countries
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1983 - Volume 25, Issue 2 | by Dudley, R.A. (International Atomic Energy Agency, Vienna (Austria). Div. of Life Sciences)
Radioimmunoassay is an analytical technique which makes use of highly specific and sensitive antibodies to segregate particular substances of interest and radioactive tracers to permit quantification of minute amounts. Some procedures use specific biological ''reagents'' other
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1983 - Volume 25, Issue 2 | by Vuister, P.H. (International Atomic Energy Agency, Vienna (Austria). Div. of Life Sciences)
In 200 laboratories of South-East Asia, Latin America and Africa a survey was made of the state of instrumentation for nuclear medicine. The principal cause of failures and defects was inadequate quality control and preventive maintenance. On the basis of the survey coordinated
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1983 - Volume 25, Issue 2 | by Barbier, E.anelli, M. (Istituto Internationale per le Ricerche Geotermiche, Pisa (Italy)); Gonfiantini, R. (International Atomic Energy Agency, Vienna (Austria). Div. of Research and Isotopes)
The article describes, after explaining the basic principles of geothermal energy, how isotope techniques can be applied in geothermal exploration and geothermometry. A short review of the activities of the IAEA in this field is given
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1983 - Volume 25, Issue 2 | by Vose, P.B. (Centro de Energia Nuclear na Agricultura, Piracicaba (Brazil)); Cervellini, A. (Comissao Nacional de Energia Nuclear de Brasil, Rio de Janeiro)
The paper gives a general consideration of the problems encountered in the scientific research by the developing countries. Possible optimizations in the long term as well as short term strategies are pointed out
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1983 - Volume 25, Issue 2 | by Helmke, R. (International Atomic Energy Agency, Vienna (Austria). Dept. of Technical Co-operation)
In 1983, the IAEA will provide development aid to more than 70 of its Member States. The Agency and the developing countries worked out a programme for 1983 based on the requests received from Member States during the first half of 1982. This programme, which was approved by the
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1983 - Volume 25, Issue 2 | by Semenov, B.A. (International Atomic Energy Agency, Vienna (Austria). Dept. of Nuclear Energy and Safety)
By the end of 1982, the total installed capacity of nuclear power plants in the USSR exceeded 18.000 MW. In 1981 the Soviet Union's nuclear power plants generated 86 billion kWh electricity - 6.5% of the country's total electricity production. During the next five-year period
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