Children tested in Belgium after radioactive leak

CIVIL NUCLEAR

Photo courtesy AFP.

by Staff Writers
Brussels (AFP) Sept 1, 2008
Hundreds of Belgian children underwent thyroid gland tests on their first day back at school after a radioactive leak in the vicinity of Charleroi city a week ago, the government said Monday.

Health authorities examined 350 school children so as to reassure families after radioactive iodine leaked from a medical laboratory in Fleurus town, said a spokesman for the government crisis centre administering the tests.

"The first results are negative. There is no problem," said the official, adding that more precise results would be made public Tuesday.

The incident -- which occurred August 23-24 at a laboratory that makes radioisotopes for medical imaging and cancer treatment -- put local residents on edge.

Officials initially said there was no risk -- but later urged precautionary measures.

Memory Foam Mattress Review

SPACE MEDIA NETWORK PROMOTIONS
Solar Energy Solutions
Tempur-Pedic Mattress Comparison ...

Newsletters :: SpaceDaily :: SpaceWar :: TerraDaily :: Energy Daily
XML Feeds :: Space News :: Earth News :: War News :: Solar Energy News

CIVIL NUCLEAR

Australia reconsiders nuclear deal with Russia

Canberra (AFP) Sept 1, 2008
Australia is reconsidering a pact to sell uranium to Russia following its military push into Georgia, Foreign Minister Stephen Smith warned on Monday.

INTERNET SPACE Carnegie Mellon System Thwarts Internet Eavesdropping Tiny nation of Niue gets laptop for every child 'Phoney' queues used to spur Polish iPhone launch Yahoo mixes old and new in Internet-age news service	LAUNCH PAD Arianespace To Launch Koreasat 6 Inmarsat Selects ILS Proton To Launch S-Band Satellite For Europe Forecast International Projects 50 Billion Dollar ELV Market Successful Launch For Third Inmarsat-4 Satellite
AEROSPACE Chinese airlines fly into headwinds in Olympic year The M2-F1 - An Aircraft Without Wings China's Tianjin building runway for Airbus test flights: report NASA evaluates new wing sensor	MILITARY COMMUNICATIONS DataPath Wins Suppport Contract For US CENTCOM SatComm Hubs Satellite's Data Collection Will Support Warfighter Boeing Awarded E-6B Upgrade Contract Defense Support Program Satellite Decommissioned
TECH SPACE North Korea marks long-range missile test Eyes turn to dawn of 'visual computing' NPL To Create Encyclopedia For Space Nanomaterials Key Advance Toward Micro-Spacecraft	APPOINTMENTS Orbital Appoints Frank Culbertson And Mark Pieczynski To Management Chris Smith Named Director Of Cerro Tololo Inter-American Observatory AsiaSat Appoints New General Manager China NASA names aeronautics administrator
EARTH OBSERVATION Hanna Not Moving Much Near North Of The Caicos Islands Arctic Ice On The Verge Of Another All-Time Low Changing The World, One Student At A Time GOCE To Look At The Earth Surface And Core	GPS NEWS Rockford Map Publishers Selects TerraGo To Enhance Plat Books u-blox GPS Technology To Power Microsoft MapPoint 2009 USB Stick XATA Adds Enhanced Mapping Capabilities To Fleet Management Solution Airbiquity Announces Connected Services Platform For PNDs

The content herein, unless otherwise known to be public domain, are Copyright Space.TV Corporation. AFP and UPI Wire Stories are copyright Agence France-Presse and United Press International. ESA Portal Reports are copyright European Space Agency. All NASA sourced material is public domain. Additional copyrights may apply in whole or part to other bona fide parties. Advertising does not imply endorsement, agreement or approval of any opinions, statements or information provided by Space.TV Corp on any Web page published or hosted by Space.TV Corp. Privacy Statement