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  • Groundwater and Soil Remediation Trade Mission to...

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    NGWA has received notice that the U.S. Department of Commerce and its partners are organizing a Groundwater & Soil Remediation Mission to China, July 22-30, 2013. This mission will be an excellent opportunity for you to build your business in the...

  • RE:teflon well screen

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    Dear Scott and all: May I ask what the purpose for the Teflon screen is? Would Stainless Steel work just as well? I would hazard to guess the stainless would turn out to be cheaper. Yours truly,

  • teflon screens

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    As Michael Barcelona notes, teflon may flow and close your screen slots. David Nielsen wrote an editorial way back in GMWR addressing the issue, along with some hx on how we got to where we entertained the idea of teflon screens in the first place....

  • RE:teflon as a material for monitoring well con...

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    Timco is a manufacturer who made Teflon slotted pipe well screens and flush threaded casing back in the 70's, 80's, and possibly into the 90's or more. That company is no longer in business. (When I tried searching for them, I found their old web page...

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Radioactivity of Fukushima groundwater 30 times higher than safety limits

With reports coming out of radiation levels in the groundwater near the Fukushima Daiichi power plant being 30 times greater than the safety limit, and with all but two of Japan's 50 nuclear reactors offline since the 2011 earthquake and … Continue reading →

Radioactive element found in groundwater near Japan n-plant

Tokyo, June 19 (IANS) High levels of a toxic radioactive isotope have been found in groundwater near the tsunami-hit Fukushima nuclear plant in Japan, the plant operator said Wednesday.

High levels of radiation found in groundwater at Fukushima

High levels of a toxic substance called strontium-90 are found in groundwater at the devastated Fukushima Daiichi power plant in Japan — coming to light even as the country moves closer to bringing its nuclear reactors back online.

Japan finds highly toxic strontium in Fukushima groundwater

By Osamu Tsukimori and Yuka Obayashi TOKYO (Reuters) - High levels of a toxic substance called strontium-90 have been found in groundwater at the devastated Fukushima nuclear power plant in Japan, the utility that runs the facility said on Wednesday. Strontium-90 is a by-product of the fission of uranium and plutonium in nuclear reactors as well as nuclear weapons, the U.S. Environmental ...

Toxic radiation in groundwater

CANCER-causing radioactive substances found in groundwater at the crippled Fukushima nuclear plant, its operator said.

Radioactive toxin found in groundwater at Fukushima

TOKYO, Japan - High levels of toxic Strontium-90 have been found in groundwater at the tsunami-stricken Fukushima nuclear power plant, its operator said Wednesday.

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