Introduction Thyroid cancer is the most common endocrine malignancy accounting for 90% of all endocrine cancers. It constitutes less than 1% of all malignant tumors.(1) Annual incidence of thyroid cancer varies from 0.5 to 10 per 100000 population throughout the world.(1) Age and gender adjusted incidence of thyroid cancer has increased than any other malignancy. According to Surveillance‚ Epidemiology and End Result Programme (SEER) 60‚220 new cases are found in USA in 2013‚ the number of cases
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1. Is it safe to let Yucca Mountain store the nation’s nuclear waste? Full credit will not be awarded to students who provide only their opinions. Cite references using the APA format. Knowing the fact that Nuclear waste is dangerous it is now it is not safe to store it anywhere but then what should we do with it. But don’t think yucca mountain is the place for that. As steve Hargreaves says yucca mountain has more water in it then it seem and it can have high volcanoes then expected. Looking
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CFD Analysis of Kilo Temperature Loop Shri Prakash Guptab‚ Ananta Borgohaina‚ V. Shankarb‚ N.K.Maheshwaria‚ P.K. Vijayana a Reactor Engineering Division‚ Bhabha Atomic Research Centre‚ Trombay‚ Mumbai b Dept. of Chemical Engineering‚ Indian Institute of Technology‚ Kanpur Abstract Lead–Bismuth Eutectic (LBE) is increasingly getting more attraction as the coolant for advanced reactor systems. It is also the primary coolant of Compact High Temperature Reactor (CHTR)‚ being designed at BARC. A
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No one knew how this virus surfaced. The source is unclear‚ a lot of people blamed the government. They probably knew this was happening and didn’t bother to fix it. People were demanding answers‚ The only thing they did know that it was airborne. It was a slow and painful death. It was something you didn’t wish on your sworn enemy. Now people were wearing masks in an attempt to ward off the virus. Everyone has a curfew in the city of Tokyo. They are expected to be indoors by 8pm. If people were
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Hypothyroidism A Goitre is a Thing of Beauty When earthquakes damaged the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear reactors in March 2011‚ a large quantity of radioactive caesium-137 and iodine-131 were released into the water supply. The Japanese government was accused of responding too slowly‚ and for not administering iodide prophylaxis to the exposed population. Iodine-131 is readily taken up by the thyroid gland‚ and the radioactivity can destroy the gland. However‚ this uptake of radioactive iodine
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Nuclear Chemistry Imagine the majority of Earth being quarantined off and people having to live in specified areas to avoid harmful radiation that originated from nuclear energy/waste. The integration of nuclear energy/medicine is largely controversial among people. Every side to the argument has its benefits as well as its negative consequences. Nuclear energy should not be used in society because of the threat it poses to thousands of people. In contrast‚ nuclear medicine has positive aspects that
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In today’s life‚ there are many dangerous radioactive materials and elements‚ which can cause different kind of cancers and health problems. Furthermore‚ it can be said that radon threatens people’s everyday life. Studies show that most of the human exposure to radon is from houses and also radon penetrates from foundations and enters into the building. Many developed countries made their own atlas of radon. By using this atlas it can be understood where to build houses or how to build houses in
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The undisclosed dangers of electronic nicotine delivery systems‚ also known as electronic cigarettes‚ pose a huge risk to our cutters and our people. E-Ciggs‚ as they are commonly referred to in the fleet‚ use lithium ion batteries to deliver the vapor and nicotine mix to the user. To date‚ there have been eight cases in the United States Navy‚ two of which resulted in a fire fighting team being used to extinguish the fires. The devices are not rugged enough to handle the abuse of the environment
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Disaster Management and importance of Local Information Sharing In Uttarakhand State recently we faced one type of Natural Disaster. Thousands of lives are lost. It may seems to be a big event from the perspective of human lives‚ but if we study the life of earth‚ it is a routine and small act of nature. A number of geologist will agree with me that it is not surprising act. And it is not when we have disturbed the natural balances by humans routine activities. We have
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Ruthenium often called its symbol‚ Ru‚ which atomic number is 44 and the atomic mass is 101.07 u ± 0.02 u. This element is known to have 27 radioactive isotopes but 7 regular isotopes. Ruthenium is solid at room temperature and looks like a hard‚ silvery-white metal with a shiny surface ( See page 2 for picture. ).The 3 main types of subatomic particles are protons‚ neutrons‚ and electrons. To humans Ruthenium is highly toxic and carcinogenic‚ and shouldn’t be touched if came into contact with.
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