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4-26-06 AsScribe Newswire Sludge Recycling Sends Antiseptic Soap Ingredient to Agriculture
Just part of the compedium of tools available to use today … isotopes.
4-24-06 PR Newswire Varian, Inc. Debuts Bio-Static NMR Probe for Protein Applications
More work for the Nuclear Magnetic Resonance probe
2-27-06 Eureke Alert The critical importance of mangroves to ocean life
Another case of beneficial isotopic research
2-24-06 CNW TELBEC AECL and MDS Enter Into Long-term Supply Agreement for Medical Isotopes
Hopefully this removes the prior inequity of AECL not sharing the profits.
2-9-06 Ferret, Australia Accurate liquid mass control through radioactive measurements
Other industries are perfectly capable and able to use nuclear benefits.
2-3-06 Science News Study Suggests Clay Paved the Way for Evolution of Complex Animals
Strontium is one of the tools of research
1-31-06 University of Wisconsin Evidence unearthed of earliest African slaves in New World
Useful definite; isotopic evidence that’s difficult to replace by other methods.
1-27-06 Innovations Repiort: University of Rochester Mountain ranges rise dramatically faster than expected
More isotopic uses
1-27-06 Vineyard Gazette

Study Pinpoints Source of Pond Pollution

Isotopes are vital in giving specific information about specific pollutants

1-25-06 CO2 Science Climate Change in the Great Lakes Region of North America Reference
Isotopes are an invaluable, nay vital, research tool now.
1-16-06 The Daily Telegraph (Australia) Forcing activists to change their tuna
I can do no better than to reproduce a paragraph from this article: “Greenpeace's last stunts at Lucas Heights endangered the flow of radio isotopes used in nuclear medicines to treat numerous patients around Australia, causing a great degree of anxiety to the sick and their families. These short-sighted clowns also hampered the production of nuclear materials used in pollution detecting devices and smoke detectors.”
1-14-06 Ashbury Park News Menendez's Senate appointment will be a speedy one despite isotopes
Some radioactive things are readily accepted.
1-12-06 Science News Caltech Researchers Invent New Technique For Studying The Thermal History Of Rocks
Another use of radioactive isotopes
1-11-06 Houston Chronicle Weighing the risks of plutonium power - Threat to public called virtually nil
A reasonable article by Mark Carreau
1-3-06 Business Wire IsoRay, Inc. announces North American Licensing Agreement for use of polymer seed technology with Cesium-131
Business goes on
12-14-05 Anchorage Daily News Engineer can't find support for cyclotron -- Anchorage Officials will recommend against installing it in downtown home office.
Innovative thinking at least.
12-22-03 The Oregonian Portland reconsiders water-treatment plan
Another beneficial use of irradiation
11-11-02 Platt News
NRC mulling steps on radioactive sources
Meserve is a scaremonger who could create problems rather than inhibit them. Why not consider controls on hand guns – they are much more dangerous than dirty bombs constructed from nuclear gauges. Where is NRC’s risk perspective?