Electricity supply in Central and Eastern European countries: The role of nuclear energy

1993 - Volume 35, Issue 1 | by Semenov, B.A. (International Atomic Energy Agency, Vienna (Austria). Dept. of Nuclear Energy and Safety); Dastidar, P. (International Atomic Energy Agency, Vienna (Austria). Div. of Nuclear Power); Bennett, L.L. (International Atomic Energy Agency, Vienna | The article briefly reviews electricity supply and demand in Central and Eastern European countries and the present status of the nuclear programs. Then it deals in more detail with the main issues related to nuclear energy and other electricity generation sources, and with the ... Read more »

Nuclear techniques for sustainable development: Water resources and monitoring environmental pollution

1993 - Volume 35, Issue 1 | by Danesi, P.R. (International Atomic Energy Agency, Seibersdorf (Austria). Laboratories) | At the IAEA's Laboratories in Seibersdorf and Vienna, Austria, problems of water supply and pollution are some of the important environmental topics that scientists are addressing. Through a broad range of scientific and technical projects and services, the Laboratories develop ... Read more »

Nuclear techniques and the disposal of non-radioactive solid wastes

1993 - Volume 35, Issue 1 | by Landsberger, S.; Buchholz, B. (Illinois Univ., Urbana, IL (United States). Dept. of Nuclear Engineering) | One of the most vital and persistent public health challenges facing local, state, and national governments is the disposal of solid waste produced from industrial, utility, and municipal sources. There is a growing interest in the monitoring, control, and safe disposal of the ... Read more »

Reducing caesium contamination of food products in the Chernobyl area

1993 - Volume 35, Issue 1 | by International Atomic Energy Agency, Seibersdorf (Austria). Laboratories | In the three former Soviet Republics most effected by contamination from the Chernobyl accident - Belarus, Russia and Ukraine - authorities have recently approved the widescale use of Prussian Blue to reduce the content of cesium-137 in milk and meat. This will allow ... Read more »

Radiopharmaceuticals as therapeutic agents in medical care and treatment

1993 - Volume 35, Issue 1 | by Vera Ruiz, H. (International Atomic Energy Agency, Vienna (Austria). Div. of Physical and Chemical Sciences) | Radiation applications in medical research, care, and treatment today are being used to help millions of patients throughout the world. In recent years, the medical community has seen a renaissance of therapeutic radiation applications, particularly of strontium-89 for ... Read more »

Revisiting Goiania: Toward a final repository for radioactive waste

1993 - Volume 35, Issue 1 | by Paschoa, A.S. (Pontificia Univ. Catolica do Rio de Janeiro, RJ (Brazil). Dept. de Fisica); Rosenthal, J.J. (Comissao Nacional de Energia Nuclear (CNEN), Rio de Janeiro, RJ (Brazil)) | This article discusses the Goiana accident of September 1987, in which a shielded Cs-137 source was removed from its protective housing and ultimately became distributed among the inhabitants, resulting in four deaths and twenty-eight cases of radiation burns. Since that time, ... Read more »

The dual challenge of a nuclear age

1993 - Volume 35, Issue 1 | by Blix, H. (International Atomic Energy Agency, Vienna (Austria)) | This article is adapted from the address of Dr. Blix in November 1992 in Chicago, USA, at the International Meeting of the American Nuclear Society, European Nuclear Society, and United States Council for Energy Awareness to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the first ... Read more »