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Russian scientists discover radiation- absorbing mineral

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W i d e S c r e e N Original post #1
Sep 8, 2007 at 5:25 AM
Russian scientists in the Khibinsky Mountains in the Arctic Circle have made an important scientific discovery. They've found a new mineral which absorbs radiation.It does not yet have an official name and is known only as number 27-4.

It can absorb radioactivity from liquid nuclear waste.

"It can extract radioactive substances from any water-based solution and so has a very important practical significance," said Yakov Pakhomovsky, the head of the Kolsky Research Institute. After coming into contact with the mineral, radioactive water becomes completely safe.

However, it is not as simple as it sounds. Scientists say they need tonnes of it and so far they have only discovered a few grammes. But they are confident that they can chemically reproduce it on a much larger scale.


*www.russiatoday.ru/news/news/13304
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Sep 8, 2007 at 6:30 AM
Good news for Humans around the world.
entrana
entrana #3
Sep 8, 2007 at 6:34 AM
nice, well though they have found only grams
azzu
azzu #4
Sep 8, 2007 at 9:37 AM
koool news man.
mediator
Sep 8, 2007 at 1:57 PM
Indeed, but cowdung can also be used to shield from radioactivity! For those who laugh at this shud read!

Cow dung smells very sweet when it is dry. It has many interesting properties including not holding radioactivity, and has been used as a shield in NASA's capsules!
Abhishek Dwivedi
Sep 8, 2007 at 2:18 PM
hmmm......very strange and interesting....wont absorbin radioactivity decrease it stability...it think it would increase +ive I or -ive I effect and lesad to unstability sumhow.....
entrana
entrana #7
Sep 8, 2007 at 3:08 PM
um it would be used in nuclear plants to shield the guys wokring from radioactivity better than lead lined suits
W
Sep 8, 2007 at 6:17 PM
mediator said:
Indeed, but cowdung can also be used to shield from radioactivity! For those who laugh at this shud read!
so much to learn,...
entrana
entrana #9
Sep 8, 2007 at 6:23 PM
too much in the world to learn, not enough knowledge
praka123
praka123 #10
Sep 8, 2007 at 6:28 PM
if the @OP news is true.we can drain the dirts out of chernobyl and like places.gr8 invention if it is real.
entrana
entrana #11
Sep 8, 2007 at 6:42 PM
yes but this material is not yet available in large quantity, and draining out the radiation in chernobyl, dude dont even think about it it owuld need millions of tonnes of these stuff
codred
codred #12
Sep 10, 2007 at 1:47 AM
entrana said:
yes but this material is not yet available in large quantity, and draining out the radiation in chernobyl, dude dont even think about it it owuld need millions of tonnes of these stuff

true... chernobyl is too much to handle... anyways no need to sanitise chernobyl premises as the affected area is already properly sealed off though the small stream of river besides chernobyl plant is now believed to be very less contaminated... but yes 27-4 can be of great help to nuclear industry world-wide in case of any future accident... cow-dung is interesting stuff
Faun
Faun #13
Sep 10, 2007 at 2:52 AM
hope it will be produced in large qty
entrana
entrana #14
Sep 10, 2007 at 7:15 AM
the thing found cant be produced, unless u mean cow dung
entrana
entrana #15
Sep 10, 2007 at 2:50 PM
not everything is ALIEN its found on the earth why wud it be alien, and besides life is really far away from earth thousands of light year so i dont think aliens will come and deposit stones in earth
Faun
Faun #16
Sep 10, 2007 at 9:59 PM
entrana said:
the thing found cant be produced, unless u mean cow dung

once same was said abt organic compounds:D
nishant_nms
Sep 10, 2007 at 11:11 PM
gr8 research
NIGHTMARE
NIGHTMARE #18
Sep 10, 2007 at 11:40 PM
gr8 news
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lalam #19
Sep 11, 2007 at 9:43 PM
Interesting indeed. But na a nuclear war will still wipe everything out.
entrana
entrana #20
Sep 11, 2007 at 9:46 PM
were not talking about nuclear wars, and of course nuclear war will wipe out everything u expect anything to survive, this thing just absorbs radiation
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lalam #21
Sep 11, 2007 at 10:20 PM
Ha ha i don't expect to survive marna to sab ko hain but no matter whats discovered mankind already designed their own destruction......Science they say is the discovery of truth well the truth is death
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Harvik780 #22
Sep 11, 2007 at 10:35 PM
We are already under a type of warfare that is not observable by normal humans.West Asia is already bleeding from the cuts of this warfare.