Sentence examples for radiation catastrophe from inspiring English sources

Various seemingly reputable groups have issued differing reports on the morbidity and mortalities resulting from the 1986 radiation catastrophe.

First, he is facing the monumental task on Dec. 15 of closing the last reactor at the Chernobyl nuclear power station, site of the 1986 fire and radiation catastrophe.

Yesterday, Dr. Lipsman was participating in a drill simulating a radiation catastrophe at the Indian Point nuclear power plant, a possibility that has rattled people in Westchester and beyond since Sept. 11.

"The Chernobyl catastrophe was not only a radiation catastrophe but an information catastrophe," Valeriy Korshunov tells me.

Radiation induces mitotic catastrophe [ 18, 19] which occurs in cells with unrepaired DNA damage that prematurely enter mitosis.

The G2 to M transition is controlled by the Cdk1 cyclin B complex, and premature activation of this complex can lead to inappropriate cell cycle progression and radiation-induced mitotic catastrophe.

Opponents claim the plan will not adequately protect residents from a radiation release or other catastrophe at Indian Point.

Regarding the more extreme option, a military takeout, Robert Parry recently wrote at Consortium News: "Bombing Iran's nuclear facilities could cause a massive human and environmental catastrophe, unleashing radiation on civilian populations and possibly making large swaths of Iran uninhabitable".

Because, radiation predominantly causes mitotic catastrophe (an event in which a cell is destroyed during mitosis) linked death at moderate doses [ 22], we investigated radiation induced cytogenetic damage, which is involved in mitotic catastrophe.

Mr. Kelly has also outfitted officers with radiation detection equipment and has augmented catastrophe planning, including creating redundant command centers and a plan for continuity of command in an emergency.

His father, he said, flew by helicopter to Chernobyl in the days after the disaster as emergency workers desperately tried to contain the radiation leak and clean up the radioactive catastrophe.