Trace Life Sciences (TLS) owned and operated two plants in Denton, Texas where medical radioisotopes were manufactured for diagnosing disease and treating cancer. When the financial backers of the company went into receivership, TLS closed the Denton plants in 2009.
Ambient office = 116 nanosieverts per hour
Ambient outside = 79 nanosieverts per hour
Soil exposed to rain water = 78 nanosieverts per hour
Part 2 of 2 Parts (Please read Part 1 first)
Ambient office = 116 nanosieverts per hour
Ambient outside = 79 nanosieverts per hour
Soil exposed to rain water = 78 nanosieverts per hour
Part 1 of 2 Parts
In the past, Turkey has been uninterested in developing nuclear weapons because the U.S. has stationed missiles with nuclear warheads in Turkey since 1959 as part of NATO agreements. It is estimated that there are fifty U.S. B61 nuclear bombs at the Turkish Incirlik Air Base to serve as a deterrent.
Ambient office = 131 nanosieverts per hour
Ambient outside = 97 nanosieverts per hour
Soil exposed to rain water = 100 nanosieverts per hour
The global demand for minerals just keeps increasing. Such minerals as phosphates, copper and rare earth elements are critical to our high-tech civilization. As the most concentrated and accessible deposits of these minerals become depleted, global mining has to switch to lower grade ore or unconventional resources. Many of these poorer deposits also contain uranium and other valuable minerals.
