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John Joly (/ ˈ dʒ oʊ l i /; 1 November 1857 – 8 December 1933) was an Irish geologist and physicist known for his development of radiotherapy in the treatment of cancer. He is also known for developing techniques to more accurately estimate the age of a geological period, based on radioactive elements present in minerals, the uranium–thorium dating.
Houston radiotherapy accident 1980 An accident involving yttrium-90 in nuclear medicine therapy caused 7 deaths. [12] [16] 5 Lost radiation source, Baku, Azerbaijan, USSR 1982, October 5 A caesium-137 orphan source was carried by an individual in a clothes pocket, exposing several individuals. Five people suffered radiation burns and died; at ...
1996 San Juan de Dios radiotherapy accident; 1994 Theft of radioactive material in Tammiku, Estonia. [4] 1993 Tomsk-7 accident at the Reprocessing Complex in Seversk, Russia, when a tank exploded while being cleaned with nitric acid. The explosion released a cloud of radioactive gas (INES level 4). [5] 1990 Clinic of Zaragoza radiotherapy accident
Charles Jasper Joly FRS FRAS MRIA (27 June 1864 – 4 January 1906) was an Irish mathematician and astronomer who was Andrews Professor of Astronomy from 1897 until his death in 1906. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] He was an important figure in the study of quaternions .
Édouard Joly (1898–1982), French aeroplane designer; Eva Joly (born 1943), Norwegian-born French magistrate and politician; Greg Joly (born 1954), Canadian ice hockey player; John Joly (1857–1933), Irish scientist; Justin Joly (born 2004), American football player; Maurice Joly (1829–1878), French satirist and lawyer
Sealy opened on January 10, 1890. It was founded by the widow and brother of one of the richest citizens of Texas, John Sealy after his death.Accompanied by the John Sealy Hospital Training School for Nurses, which was opened two months after the hospital, the foundation became the primary teaching facility of University of Texas Medical Branch opened in October 1891.
December 1998 – Istanbul, Turkey – two sealed transport packages for spent 60 Co radiotherapy sources from a shipment of three planned for export in 1993 were instead stored in a warehouse in Ankara, then moved to Istanbul, where a new owner sold them off as scrap metal. The buyers dismantled the containers, exposing themselves and others ...
John Bailey Goodman (born 18 September 1963) is an American businessman and polo player whose wealth originates in the family appliance and air conditioning businesses, Goodman Manufacturing Company. A Houston, Texas , native, he became more widely known in the United States for his legal difficulties stemming from a manslaughter conviction in ...