Pakistan Atomic Energy Commission (PAEC) has told the government that there is no indication of radiological risk to the public, residing in surrounding areas of Karak (NWFP), due to uranium extraction activities of Shanawa Uranium Mining Project, MPB2, official sources told Business Recorder on Wednesday.
THE two-member experts team from the Bhabha Atomic Research Centre (BARC), after two long sessions of detailed investigation, have not found radioactive materials on the North Korean cargo ship, which the Indian Coast Guard had detained on August 5 off the Hut Bay of the Andaman and Nicobar Islands.
BERHAMPUR: Locals have threatened to stage an agitation if no adequate measures are taken to check the possible radiation from the proposed titanium plant at Chandrapada near Chatrapur.
Jalandhar: The Punjab government has been urged to set up a commission to find out the cancer-causing agents in the Malwa region where many persons have died due to this disease.
As the Punjab government has failed to set up any medical commission to find out why cancer has become a major killer and what is leading to its spread, especially in the Malwa region, experts continue to differ on the cancer-causing agents there.
CHENNAI: The Indira Gandhi Centre for Atomic Research (IGCAR), Kalpakkam, has denied reports in a section of the media about abnormal increase in radioactivity levels around Kalpakkam, about 60 km from Chennai.
Experts rule out harm to health
The much-awaited report filed by the Bhabha Atomic Research Centre (BARC), Mumbai, has ruled out any possible danger to the health of people staying in Punjab due to the presence of uranium.
Vienna: New studies have found direct evidence of a lung cancer risk from the presence of colorless, odorless radon gas in many homes, a United Nations committee said in a report.
The plants in the contaminated area have a mechanism to protect future progenies by blocking transfer of radio-nuclides to the seeds
Since April 1986, scientists got a unique opportunity to study the impact of radioactive contamination on the plants and animals living near Chernobyl.
