curies

They share a passion for what Mary calls "curies" -

NYT > Home Page 2010

Adding to the confusion, some scientists, especially in the U.S., use the older terms curies, rads and rems to describe radiation.

Radiation Math: How Do We Count the Rays? Carl Bialik 2011

Austen looked elsewhere, never knowing that the artisan she briefly met was teaching his gifted daughter to find the "curies", the fossil curiosities sold to Lyme tourists like herself.

Remarkable Creatures: Summary and book reviews of Remarkable Creatures by Tracy Chevalier. 2010

Even though atmospheric releases blew mostly out to sea and appear to have declined dramatically, NISA reports that Fukushima's nuclear ruins are discharging about 4,200 curies of iodine-131 and cesium-137 per day into the air 154 TBq.

Robert Alvarez: Japan's Nuclear Catastrophe Leaves Little to Celebrate on Children's Day Robert Alvarez 2011

The amount of cesium contained in the fuel pool is typically measured in curies or becquerels, but these assessments are meaningless unless you are a physicist.

Marvin Resnikoff: Doomsday Scenario at Fukushima Marvin Resnikoff 2011

The Environmental Protection Agency said a March 25 sample of milk produced in the Spokane, Wash., area contained a 0.8 pico curies per literlevel of iodine-131, which it said was less than one five-thousandth of the safety safety guideline set by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration.

Radiation Traces Found in U.S. Milk Stephen Power 2011

According to the National Cancer Institute in 1992, about 150 million curies of radioactive iodine was released in open air from nuclear testing in Nevada, causing heavy contamination of the nation's milk supplies from the early 1950's to the early 1960's.

Robert Alvarez: Radioactive Fallout From Nuclear Testing and the Rise of Thyroid Cancer in the U.S. Robert Alvarez 2010

According to the Daily Yomiuri, Japan's Nuclear and Industrial Safety Agency (NISA) announced that between 10 and 17 million curies (270,000- 360,000 TBq) of radioactive materials were released to the atmosphere before early April, a great deal more than previous official estimates.

Robert Alvarez: Japan's Nuclear Catastrophe Leaves Little to Celebrate on Children's Day Robert Alvarez 2011

But we do know that in July 1980, GPU illegally with the NRC's approval vented 43,000 curies of radioactive Krypton-85 and other radioactive gases directly into the atmosphere for 11 days.

Joanne Doroshow: A Three Mile Island Primer Joanne Doroshow 2011

The amount of cesium contained in the fuel pool is typically measured in curies or becquerels, but these assessments are meaningless unless you are a physicist.

Marvin Resnikoff: Doomsday Scenario at Fukushima Marvin Resnikoff 2011