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  2. Radiation burn - Wikipedia

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    A radiation burn is a damage to the skin or other biological tissue and organs as an effect of radiation. The radiation types of greatest concern are thermal radiation, radio frequency energy, ultraviolet light and ionizing radiation. The most common type of radiation burn is a sunburn caused by UV radiation.

  3. Therac-25 - Wikipedia

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    Within two weeks, the aforementioned redness spread from her chest to her back, indicating that the source of the burn had passed through her, which is the case with radiation burns. The staff at the treatment center did not believe it was possible for the Therac-25 to cause such an injury, and it was treated as a symptom of her cancer .

  4. Effects of nuclear explosions on human health - Wikipedia

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    The medical effects of the atomic bomb upon humans can be put into the four categories below, with the effects of larger thermonuclear weapons producing blast and thermal effects so large that there would be a negligible number of survivors close enough to the center of the blast who would experience prompt/acute radiation effects, which were observed after the 16 kiloton yield Hiroshima bomb ...

  5. Tokaimura nuclear accidents - Wikipedia

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    He underwent radical cancer treatments, numerous successful skin grafts, and a transfusion from congealed umbilical cord blood (to boost stem cell count). Despite surviving for seven months, he was eventually unable to fight off radiation-exacerbated infections and internal bleeding, and succumbed to fatal lung and kidney failure.

  6. Radiation damage - Wikipedia

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    Radiation damage is the effect of ionizing radiation on physical objects including non-living structural materials. It can be either detrimental or beneficial for materials. It can be either detrimental or beneficial for materials.

  7. ESPN's Dick Vitale makes emotional return after nearly 2 ...

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    Longtime ESPN color commentator Dick Vitale made his return to the broadcast Saturday for Clemson's game against Duke, after battling four types of cancer over the course of four years.

  8. Hibakusha - Wikipedia

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    The Atomic Bomb Survivors Relief Law defines hibakusha as people who fall into one or more of the following categories: within a few kilometers of the hypocenters of the bombs; within 2 km (1.2 mi) of the hypocenters within two weeks of the bombings; exposed to radiation from fallout; or not yet born but carried by pregnant women in any of the three previously mentioned categories. [4]

  9. Randy Moss returning to ESPN's 'NFL Countdown' 2 months ... - AOL

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    (Photo by Simon Bruty/Sports Illustrated via Getty Images) ... but said he still required chemotherapy and radiation treatment: "I am a cancer survivor. Some trying times, of course, but, you know ...