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Plutonium-242 (242 Pu or Pu-242) is the second longest-lived isotope of plutonium, with a half-life of 375,000 years. The half-life of 242 Pu is about 15 times that of 239 Pu; so it is one-fifteenth as radioactive, and not one of the larger contributors to nuclear waste radioactivity.
Dee Wright Observatory is located in the Willamette National Forest 15 miles (24 km) west of Sisters, Oregon on Route 242. [1] The highway is part of the McKenzie-Santiam Pass Scenic Byway. McKenzie Pass is 5,325 feet (1,623 m) above sea level, and winter snow and the narrow road surface requires McKenzie Pass to be closed to motor vehicles ...
Harold Ralph McCluskey (July 12, 1912 – August 17, 1987) was a chemical operations technician at the Hanford Plutonium Finishing Plant located in Washington State; he is known for having survived exposure to the highest dose of radiation from americium ever recorded. [2] He became known as the "Atomic Man". [3] [4] [5]
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McKenzie Pass, elevation 5,325 feet (1,623 m), [1] is a mountain pass in the Cascade Range in central Oregon in the United States. [2] It is located at the border of Linn and Deschutes counties, [2] approximately 25 miles (40 km) northwest of Bend, [3] between the Three Sisters to the south and Mount Washington to the north. Oregon Route 242 ...
PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — More than 2,400 patients at hospitals around Portland, Oregon, may have been exposed to infectious diseases such as hepatitis B and C, as well as HIV, because of an ...
St. Helens High School principal Katy Wagner was charged with two counts of felony criminal mistreatment after two teachers under her supervision were arrested for a nearly 10-year sex crime spree.
AMSTERDAM (Reuters) -The head of the chemical weapons watchdog said on Thursday he would ask Syria's new leaders to grant investigators access to the country to continue work identifying ...