Fukushima Univ. unveils new device to detect strontium-90

Fukushima Univ. unveils new device to detect strontium-90

FUKUSHIMA, Japan - Yoshitaka Takagai, an associate professor at Fukushima University, explains a device his team developed to measure strontium-90, a radioactive isotope produced by nuclear fission, in Fukushima, northeastern Japan, on Nov. 27, 2014. The device is in use to analyze contaminated water at the crippled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant.

Technologies help with China's archaeological research

STORY: Technologies help with China's archaeological research DATELINE: July 11, 2022 LENGTH: 00:01:37 LOCATION: HEFEI/HANGZHOU, China CATEGORY: TECHNOLOGY SHOTLIST: 1. SOUNDBITE 1 (Chinese): ZHOU YANG, Deputy Secretary-General, China Association for Conservation Technology of Cultural Heritage 2. SOUNDBITE 2 (Chinese): FANG LI, USTC 3. SOUNDBITE 3 (Chinese): WU GAO, USTC 4. SOUNDBITE 4 (Chinese): WANG NINGYUAN, Director of the Archaeometry Office, Zhejiang Provincial Institute of Cultural Relics and Archaeology 5. SOUNDBITE 5 (Chinese): ZHOU YANG, Deputy Secretary-General, China Association for Conservation Technology of Cultural Heritage STORYLINE: In recent years, modern technologies have been widely used in China's archaeological research. Luminescence dating, isotope analysis, proteomics, satellite remote sensing and more are adopted by researchers from the University of Science and Technology of China (USTC) and the Zhejiang Provincial Institute of Cultural Relics and Archaeology. SOUNDBITE 1 (Chin

Fukushima Univ. unveils new device to detect strontium-90

Fukushima Univ. unveils new device to detect strontium-90

FUKUSHIMA, Japan - Yoshitaka Takagai, an associate professor at Fukushima University, explains a device his team developed to measure strontium-90, a radioactive isotope produced by nuclear fission, in Fukushima, northeastern Japan, on Nov. 27, 2014. The device is in use to analyze contaminated water at the crippled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant. (Kyodo)