An orphan source is a self-contained radioactive source that is no longer under regulatory control. The United States Nuclear Regulatory Commission definition...
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This is a chronological list of orphan source incidents and accidents. Note: As incident reporting has used inconsistent units of measurement, here are...
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An orphan work is a copyright-protected work for which rightsholders are positively indeterminate or uncontactable. Sometimes the names of the originators...
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up orphan in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. An orphan is one who has lost both parents. Orphan(s) or The Orphan(s) may also refer to: The Orphan (1960...
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An orphan is a child whose parents have died, are unknown, or have permanently abandoned them. It can also refer to a child who has lost only one parent...
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given to the terms. Some sources have these reversed due to a lack of industry standardization. Widow (sometimes called orphan) A paragraph-ending line...
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The Orphan Train Movement was a supervised welfare program that transported children from crowded Eastern cities of the United States to foster homes located...
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Orphan: First Kill is a 2022 American psychological slasher film directed by William Brent Bell and written by David Coggeshall, based on a story by David...
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Orphan Black is a Canadian science fiction television series that premiered on March 30, 2013, in Canada on Space. The series was created by Graeme Manson...
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auction to a scrap metal dealer in Mayapuri on 26 February 2010. The orphan source arrived at the scrap yard in Mayapuri during March, where it was dismantled...
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Little Orphan Annie was a daily American comic strip created by Harold Gray and syndicated by the Tribune Media Services. The strip took its name from...
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accident began on December 2, 2001, with the discovery of two orphan radiation sources near the Enguri Dam in Tsalenjikha District in the country of Georgia...
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public was exposed to radiation from orphan sources, a common factor reappeared: individuals who encountered the source were unfamiliar with the trefoil radiation...
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Ciudad Juárez cobalt-60 contamination incident (category CS1 Spanish-language sources (es))
List of civilian radiation accidents Radioactive scrap metal List of orphan source incidents 1990 Clinic of Zaragoza radiotherapy accident Therac-25 Blakeslee...
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Mobile Suit Gundam: Iron-Blooded Orphans (Japanese: 機動戦士ガンダム 鉄血のオルフェンズ, Hepburn: Kidō Senshi Gandamu: Tekketsu no Orufenzu), also known as Gundam IBO...
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The Orphan Girl at the cemetery (also known as Young Orphan Girl in the Cemetery; French: Jeune orpheline au cimetière) (c. 1823 or 1824) is a painting...
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62304 Ionizing radiation List of civilian radiation accidents List of orphan source incidents Nuclear and radiation accidents and incidents Radiation protection...
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The Orphan Brigade was the nickname of the First Kentucky Brigade, a group of military units recruited from Kentucky to fight for the Confederate States...
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List of orphan source incidents List of civilian radiation accidents Makarovska, Olga (2005). "Overview of Radiological Accidents Involving Orphan Radioactive...
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Orphan genes, ORFans, or taxonomically restricted genes (TRGs) are genes that lack a detectable homologue outside of a given species or lineage. Most genes...
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List of nuclear and radiation accidents by death toll (category CS1 Japanese-language sources (ja))
Strengthening the Safety of Radiation Sources Archived 2009-03-26 at the Wayback Machine p. 14. "Lost Iridium-192 Source". Retrieved 15 November 2014. The...
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events such as the Chernobyl disaster. Other events have to do with orphan sources, in which radioactive material is unknowingly kept, sold, or stolen...
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Goiânia accident (category CS1 Spanish-language sources (es))
incident, similar disaster in Mexico Radioactive scrap metal List of orphan source incidents 1990 Clinic of Zaragoza radiotherapy accident 1962 Mexico...
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house thousands of orphan sources, which were lost following the collapse of the Soviet Union. A large but unknown number of these sources probably belong...
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An orphan film is a motion picture work that has been abandoned by its owner or copyright holder. The term can also sometimes refer to any film that has...
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because he worked outside the home and his exposure was lower. List of orphan source incidents 1984 Ciudad Juárez cobalt-60 contamination incident 1990 Clinic...
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ensure maintenance of the software instead of abandonment or orphaning. The software's source code is released to the licensee if the licensor files for...
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Kambalda Nickel Operations: Open source incident Kramatorsk radiological accident Goiânia accident List of orphan source incidents Christian, Kate; Ho,...
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three woodsmen in Tsalenjikha Region, Georgia found two ceramic RTG orphan sources that had been stripped of their shielding; two of the woodsmen were...
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nuclear meltdown accidents List of military nuclear accidents List of orphan source incidents List of Chernobyl-related articles List of articles about...
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