Sentence examples for radioactivity readings from inspiring English sources
Unless the user independently matches up the GSV data set with maps of radioactive deposition or current background radioactivity readings,5 there is little direct indication of the relative levels of contamination.
On Sunday, two robots made their way into two of the reactor units, opening doors and navigating radioactive debris and puddles of water to return with temperature, pressure and radioactivity readings.
Mr. Halldorson emphasized that he had not seen high radioactivity readings at the plant he operates in Williamsport, Pa.
Radioactivity readings in the seawater across the track ranged from less than three becquerels per cubic metre up to 4,000 becquerels per cubic metre.
Also on Sunday, according to the International Atomic Energy Association Japan's Tokyo Electric Power Company TEPCOO) reported a state of emergency at a another facility, the Onagawa nuclear power plant; while its three reactors remained under control, the emergency alert was related to radioactivity readings in the area that exceeded allowable levels.
Clearance was calculated by comparison of paired skin punch and total radioactivity readings.
Sea currents quickly dispersed that radioactivity, and seawater readings off the Fukushima shore returned to near-normal levels.
Teams were given special training at Oak Ridge in the operation of instrumentation to measure radioactivity, and the interpretation of their readings.
Reading of the distribution of the radioactivity by use of gamma-cameras, which substituted popular Geiger counters, enables location of the cancer tissue or detection of the direction of lymphatic flow.
Readings reported on Tuesday showed a spike of radioactivity around the plant that made the leakage categorically worse than in had been, with radiation levels measured at one point as high as 400 millisieverts an hour.
This unshielded activity contributed to the background signal detected by the radioactivity monitor, visible in the initial portion of the 82Rb arterial readings before the input function peak (when measurements should be 0).
