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Biologically Significant Radionuclides

WEBThis section of RADNET includes definitions and acronyms pertaining to biologically significant radionuclides, their dosimetry and health physics impact, source term release, site release criteria and a checklist of biologically significant radionuclides. The previous section, Definitions and Conversion Factors includes terms other than the ones …

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The Davistown Museum

WEBThe Davistown Museum is a tool, art, and regional history museum with two physical locations in Maine and a website, rich with resources. Its main building is in Liberty, while its office and a sculpture garden are in Hulls Cove (Bar Harbor). The primary mission of the museum is the recovery, display, and interpretation of hand tools used in Maine and …

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Biocatastrophe Chemical Profiles: Benzene

WEBSources: A number of aromatic hydrocarbons are derived from Benzene, including Phenol, and it is used extensively in the plastics industry, which necessitates its refinement from petroleum. [] Benzene is also a byproduct of the combustion of materials containing carbon, including cigarettes and gasoline. The US produced 3.109 billion gallons of benzene in …

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SECTION 11: ANTHROPOGENIC RADIOACTIVITY: MAJOR PLUME …

WEBThe cumulative deposition in a wide mid-latitude band of the northern hemisphere of weapons testing derived 239,240 Pu is now ~50 Bq/m 2 (3,000 d.p.m./m 2); testing derived 137 Cs exceeding 1,000 Bq/m 2 remains in many locations. Other long-lived radionuclides accompany these isotopes, some "growing in" as daughter products from inert gases; …

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Definitions and Conversion Factors

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The Davistown Museum

WEBThe Davistown Museum. We publish much of the material on our website in a 24 volume publication series for the use of museum staff, museum visitors, for sale to the general public, and for the collections of state and local libraries and other institutions. Museum publications range from a few issues of Volume 1 to multiple editions of the

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The Davistown Museum -- Environmental History Section

WEBPhenomenology of Biocatastrophe Publication Series. Kirkus Review of Biocatastrophe. Volume 1: Essays on Biocatastrophe and the collapse of Global Consumer Society Volume 2: Biocatastrophe Lexicon: An Epigrammatic Journey Through the Tragedy of our Round-World Commons Volume 3: Biocatastrophe: The Legacy of Human Ecology: Toxins, …

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Bibliography of Radiation Protection Guidelines

WEBA fundamental reference used by the Dept. of Energy and appearing in most DOE laboratory site environmental reports is the Derived Concentration Guides (DCGs) for radiation protection.

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The Davistown Museum

WEBClimate Change and the Ecology of the Gulf of Maine: History, Biodiversity, Fisheries and the Pollution Cocktail. The focus of this publication is the impact of greenhouse gas emissions and environmental chemicals on the biodiversity and ecology of the Gulf of …

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Radnet General Information

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The Davistown Museum

WEBVolume 4: Antibiotic Resistance: Bacteria, Viruses, Fungi and Other Pathogens, A Threat to World Health . The mission of Volume 4 of the Phenomenology of Biocatastrophe publication series is to provide timely updates on the emergence and growth of antibiotic resistant and viral infections.

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The Davistown Museum

WEBGeneral Information. This company is one of many mass-producers of the area at the time and America’s most prolific manufacturer of leather-working and leather-cutting hand tools. The photograph below is of a leather slitting cutter (ID# 63001T10), marked "Osborne Co Newark NJ Est 1826 Pat Aug 13, 76 Reissued July 7, 1877".

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Biocatastrophe Chemical Profiles: PCB

WEBSources: “PCB” refers to 209 cogeners, roughly 130 of which were used for a variety of products including lighting fixtures, electrical insulation in all sorts of wires, various oils, adhesives, paints, pesticides, sealants, paper, and transformers. Despite manufacture having ceased in 1977, PCBs continue to enter the environment due to improper …

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The Davistown Museum

WEBThe Davistown Museum has been donated copies of all the books in this listing. These books are not listed elsewhere in the subject or special topic bibliographies. All books on this page are in stock. Aarkrog, A., et. al. (1987). …

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Anthropogenic Radioactivity: Major Plume Source Points

WEBA whole series of nuclear submarine accidents and waste disposal fiascoes have characterized Russian naval activities. In addition to the accidents documented in the following citations, an October 31st Jane's Information Group Limited foreign report documents 3 additional Soviet submarine accident sites where rockets or fuel could be …

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Anthropogenic Radioactivity: Major Plume Source Points

WEBThe Oak Ridge National Laboratory Integrated Data Base for 1994 (U.S. Spent Nuclear Fuel and Waste Inventories, Projections and Characteristics) lists the following annual and cumulative production of plutonium-239 in commercial nuclear power spent fuel (This is the same plutonium isotope the DOD report cited above has been tracking for weapons …

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Chernobyl Annotated Bibliography

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Bibliography: Ancient Hard Copy

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The Davistown Museum

WEBNewark, New Jersey. 1866-1899. Tool Types. Blacksmith Tools, Files, Hammers, Wrenches, Other. Directory of American Toolmakers Information. This company used “Heller & Bros.” and “Heller Bros.” interchangeably from 1866 to 1899, Heller Brothers Company from 1899 to 1955, and Heller Tool Company from 1955 on. It was originally …

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Biocatastrophe Chemical Profiles: Hexachlorobenzene

WEBSources: Hexachlorobenzene, a chemical on the EPA’s “dirty dozen” list, was a seed-treatment fungicide banned under the Stockholm Convention. It is also produced as a byproduct of chemical production, including solvents and pesticides. Transport Vectors: Hexachlorobenzene both persists and cumulates in lipid tissue and biomagnifies up the …

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