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Japan;s radiation scanner speialised for babies

Fukushima Fallout: Japanese Scientists Develop World’s First Radiation Baby ScannerInternational Business Times,By Mary-Ann Russon , March 4, 2014 University of Tokyo scientists   have built the world’s first whole body scanner capable of accurately measuring internal radiation exposure in babies and children living in the Fukushima Prefecture. The aim is to ease the worries of concerned parents.

• BABYSCAN iABYSCAN is a whole body scanner specially designed so that children can lie down and play or read a book while being scanned, and the machine is able to detect up to 50 Becquerels per body.

  Due to their lower body mass, the radiation intake of a child, which would be an equilibrium level of 60 Becquerels, wouldn’t be picked up by the nuclear industry-grade whole body scanners currently deployed by the Japanese government, which are programmed to detect adult equilibrium levels of 250 Becquerels per body.

  BABYSCAN is so sensitive that it can evenABYSCAN is a whole body scanner specially designed so that children can lie down and play or read a book while being scanned, and the machine is able to detect up to 50 Becquerels per body.

  Due to their lower body mass, the radiation intake of a child, which would be an equilibrium level of 60 Becquerels, wouldn’t be picked up by the nuclear industry-grade whole body scanners currently deployed by the Japanese government, which are programmed to detect adult equilibrium levels of 250 Becquerels per body.

  BABYSCAN is a whole body scanner specially designed so that children can lie down and play or read a book while being scanned, and the machine is able to detect up to 50 Becquerels per body.

  Due to their lower body mass, the radiation intake of a child, which would be an equilibrium level of 60 Becquerels, wouldn’t be picked up by the nuclear industry-grade whole body scanners currently deployed by the Japanese government, which are programmed to detect adult equilibrium levels of 250 Becquerels per body.

  BABYSCAN is a whole body scanner specially designed so that children can lie down and play or read a book while being scanned, and the machine is able to detect up to 50 Becquerels per body……..http://www.ibtimes.co.uk/fukushima-fallout-japanese-scientists-develop-worlds-first-radiation-baby-scanner-1438856In

March 8, 2014 - Posted by Christina Macpherson | Uncategorized