- radium. - radium. have you hrd of radium, ga? gh radium, aight. . let's suppose it does not emit an alpha particle. it can emit a beta particle. if it emits a beta particle. beta particle, beta particle, betawhat's a beta particle? - electron. - electron. now we have to make the symbol for electron. r electron, get it? mm-hmm. at'shetomic mber of an eltron? - negative o. - atomicbe negane wh is atomic numr, anyy? charge, right? - netive one. - negave one what's theass of an electron? zero. well, it's closer to zero than it is to one if one is the mass of a proton neutron. and this has got, like, abou2,0th the mass. that'sloser to zero than to one. so we round of atomic mass number, anyway. this is ze. now, what does the thorium become? well, what do we got over here for an atomic nuer 91 do you see it's 91? yeah. 91. and what's the mass gonna be? - 89. - now, what has 91? protactinium. - is it gonna be 91, gang? - yeah. let's check. - 91 minus 1 equals 90. - correct. it's 91. that's interesting. some people think that radioactive decay, you start wi

it has undertaken to eradicate its stockpile of the most concerning form of radium enriched above fivent by diluting half of it to a level of less than five are sent and converting the remaining half to oxide. they will not install new centrifuges. they will only produce to replace existing machines. they will not install or bring into operation advanced could enablehat them to produce a dangerous level of uranium more quickly. they will cap the stockpile of five percent in the highest risk form i converting newly and rich uranium into oxide, and it will or establish a reconversion facility. they have agreed to an enhanced monitoring of the nuclear going beyond inspections. they include access to workshops and to mines and mills. providel also additional information, including plans for nuclear facilities. a ran -- iran will not commission a reactor or transfer fuel or test at additional fuel or install any remaining components. this agreement means the elements of the nuclear program thought to prevent the greatest risk cannot make progress in the interim agreement. they cannot use th

risk for very short periods but long exposure to it and certainly if yellowcake is ingested and you radium miners do suffer from a high degree of cancer from ingesting powders similar to yellow cake so certainly not a total surprise they're concerned about it and not happy to have it in their community unguarded. the rest of libya is still on a knife edge the capital erupted in battles between rival militia groups are to the eastern half of libya declared autonomy establishing a new government that authority says it now rules the east which produces almost sixty percent of libya's oil the powerful warlord backing the breakaway government has seventeen thousand troops under his command and shut down nearly half of the country's oil exports this summer and there is a weak central government in tripoli which is struggling to rein in the militia groups one defense analyst told us that he thinks the country's division was helped from abroad. the central government in tripoli has no control over the country at large and the militias have sidelined tribal leaders and taken over power and this thi

it'll be put to vote by the one hundred and ninety three member general assembly in december with radium prime minister tony abbott has called for a security roundtable with indonesia in a bid to rebuild ties with its asian neighbor relations between the two countries were shaken by a route over alleged spying by camera. i'd like to see in the future is somewhat of a security round title. whale we out. more i've been with each other. will we build even strong relationships of trust why one must write it to be indonesia's trusted partner. it just is. are you warm. in the nation to the al trusted pot. the south korean pa ministry has denied that have helped the us and the stride yet tapped phones in asia along with singapore the controversy erupted on the story this week in the sydney morning herald the newspaper reported on in uni published a top secret documents leaked by former us intelligence and facts to bed with sudden about tapping on the same telecommunications links across asia. south korea's foreign ministry was one of my theology is not good with a jazz bar ministry summoned but

that if an agreement is signed today it will contain that public recognition of iran's right to the radium in the richmond but these talks to you are taking place. behind closed doors they really are shrouded in secrecy clearly the delegations here don't want any leaks to get out into the media before an agreement is hammad out and pen is put to paper. and tells to have been sent had been said prior to the negotiations only. all the foreign ministers before they went into negotiations this morning really expressed the same notion announce that there are still gaps that remain that need to be bridged a breakthrough is possible but it is not guaranteed now i spoke to russia's deputy foreign minister a little bit earlier and he explained to me that the one crucial remaining sticking point here is the irak heavy water facility in iran which could produce weapons grade plutonium now he also told me that remarks made a little earlier and leaks in the mainstream media that we're pinning the blame on the lack of progress on iran on constructive according to the russian side but these talks are get

minister has already said that unless the world's power is publicly recognize iran's right to you radium in richmond he's not signing a deal here and we know that coming into these negotiations iran has already made a number of concessions according to reports they've already agreed to stop enriching uranium to over five percent and they've also spoken about not using advanced centrifuges anymore but what are they getting in return well the u.s. and the e.u. have agreed to a limited relief on economic sanctions against iran that's if they ever get to hammering out that deal so there's still a lot of positions that need to be reconciled and we're talking about potentially hammering out a deal over going to be easing sanctions against iran at the same time over in the u.s. we've got a hard line is in congress talking about potentially ratcheting up more sanctions against iran so a lot of work still to be done if that is going to be bridged by all the sides and we're going to be covering how these negotiations are progressing so stay tuned we're going to see if they can hammer out that hist

one in particular the united states and france are willing to stick to understanding is that the radium thought they had reached verbal e on some of these issues i you know i don't think the rainy and sir going to feel they're not going to feel comfortable with going ahead with an agreement it's a matter of trust i mean do we have that here and if it's not here yet what does it take to create that level of trust then the rest of it is a lot of details i think that if iran doesn't soften its position on those three points the negotiations are not likely the deal. don't play with your food they say and how wise biggest i am and has taken back to haunt later on the problem we have one of the retreat has genetically modified food companies and severely restricted the secular nation of jam crops. well talking about language as well but i will only react to situations i have read the reports so i'm left with the no i will leave that to the state department to comment on your latter point to save. the security of a car is on the job you know it's going to. take you know more weeks of work. whe

risk for very short periods but long exposure to it and certainly if yellowcake is ingested and you radium miners to suffer from a high degree of cancer from ingesting powders similar to yellowcake so certainly you are not at all surprised they're concerned about it and not happy to have it in their community unguarded. time eastern libya has sworn in a breakaway government dealing a new blow them to the embattled central authority in tripoli named sarah nika by local militias there is home to a large share of the country's all reserves that's the key it's also the birthplace to the revolution that incidentally overthrew mom gadhafi in the first place the rebels led by a powerful libyan warlord blocked oil flows in the province this summer that led to a fifty percent drop in exports for his part prime minister elisa down says he won't order a military campaign to oust the armed forces from most all terminals because there's no force in tripoli that could take on such a risk the government's been losing popularity over its failure to deal with corruption and rising instability since the fal

security libya is deadly and fighting escalates the country's your radium stockpiles are reportedly being made. if you. know opportunity. to start to construct. a little bit give don't want to meet. in a lot of. the time but he came to be we can see. you just me as i was and i was in the hood. i. said. i don't want to die i just really do not want to die young young . it is a busy day for the weekly here on r t today let's get straight to the philippines i should say and the death toll from the devastating typhoon haiyan that swept across the region it could exceed it and the phallus and that's the fear of local officials well the government has yet to confirm the latest numbers among the worst hit areas that of the city of tacloban from west of i was a saying the scenes a horrific earlier the red cross confirming twelve hundred people had been killed by the cycle on which is the strongest in history to hit the region and the typhoon now moving towards vietnam where thousands have been evacuated from the low lying coastal areas. following out typhoon haiyan dot com that's where you can ge

had the program libya may have abandoned its nuclear ambitions long ago but war stockpiles of the radium remain in the country almost on guarded the course a major concern to go live inside on the potential problems there what after. all. it's technology innovation all the developments around russia we've got the future covered. place. basic needs of economic ups and downs in the final months day the london new york sang i and the rest because it's going the take it will be everything we can all say. his tenure in moscow going to miles he said libyans were sworn in a breakaway government dealing in a new blow to the embattled central authority in tripoli named by local militias the area's home to a large share of the country's all reserves so it's the birthplace to incidentally of the revolution that overthrew market turf in the first place now the rebels led by a powerful libyan warlord blocked all flows in the province this summer it led to a fifty percent drop in exports promised lays it down and said he won't maybe can't order a military campaign to oust armed forces from those oil t

five plus one in particular the united states and france are willing to stick to understanding the radium thought they had reached. on some of these issues i you know i don't think the rainy and going to feel they're not going to feel comfortable with going ahead with an agreement it's a matter of trust i mean do we have that here and if it's not here yet what does it take to create that level of trust then the rest of it is a lot of details i think i think iran doesn't soften its position on those three points. are not likely to feel. sorry to minutes past the hour here in moscow to greenpeace activists find out whether they'll be let out of a russian jail today and they're hoping to be granted bail and the last of the thirty people arrested for trying to scale an oil platform in the arctic to appear in court and ask about it is now from a correspondent to buying more say be the final activists are they likely to be released do you think. well you know it must be some kind of relief for the thirty acting sunrise activists now so not everyone will be going home just yet two of them are st

minister has said that he's not signing any deal unless world powers publicly recognize iran's right to radium enrichment iran has already made a number of concessions coming into these groups we know that they've reportedly agreed to stop enriching uranium to five percent they've also agreed to dispose of anything that enrich took over that amount already and they've agreed not to use advanced centrifuges but we know that the tools today have been stalling because of this reported gap between what both sides are wanted to achieve here that needs to be bridged also reports from the iranian side that they're simply not getting enough in return for the concessions that they are making now what are they getting in return the u.s. and the e.u. have agreed to ease some sanctions a limited easing of sanctions as they say and that would only happen six months off a deal is hammered out if that deal is hammered out and of course at the same time we're told that hammering out a deal and perhaps easing sanctions at the same time in the u.s. congress we've got hardliners talking about ratcheting ratcheti

risk for very short periods but long exposure to it and certainly if yellowcake is ingested and you radium miners to suffer from a high degree of cancer from ingesting powders similar to yellowcake so certainly you are not at all surprised they're concerned about it and not happy to have it in their community unguarded. online in the judds an elite club of countries taking the first steps towards a voyage to mars log on to a website full details of the country's first probe heading to the red planet to go it also find more of that launch video in our in motion section. and also our t. dot com which u.s. state could become the first to label genetically modified products. people will be stories in brief in bangladesh more than one hundred fifty border guards have been sentenced to death over a mutiny in two thousand and nine that left seventy four dead another hundred sixty mutineers were jailed for life including a former politician from the opposition bangladesh nationalist party the verdicts took hours to read twenty three civilians also face conspiracy charges. hundreds of march through

five plus one in particular the united states and france are willing to stick to understanding the radium thought they had reached. on some of these issues i you know i don't think the rhenium sir going to feel they're not going to feel comfortable with going ahead with an agreement it's a matter of trust i mean do we have that here and if it's not here yet what does it take to create that level of trust then the rest of it is a lot of details i think that if iran doesn't soften its position on those three points. are not likely to deal. a judge's decision on the small matter of sixty thousand dollars in bail that's all that stands between two people arrested agreed peace process on an oil rig in the oxic and the outside world they are the last of thirty people to go before a russian court let's get the latest from aussies and not say how that's how do you so please tell us about those final activities are they likely to be lights out. well good day to you well it looks like the only q. will remain in a detention center in st petersburg until their fate is decided later on today twenty se

ploughing on with its nuclear program in fact in two thousand and ten it increased to running up real radium enrichment to twenty percent the international community saw this as a clear message that tehran wanted an atomic bomb which allegedly triggered sass nations of four iranian nuclear scientists with israel's mossad suspected of involvement by june this year iran had a new president something many saw as a game changer in terrans relations with the west our team has been keeping a very close eye on the diplomatic marathon in geneva so if you've missed anything check it out on r t dot com. reading into a break now but still to come all but one of the thirty people arrested during a greenpeace protest at a russian oil platform in the arctic are released on bail don't go away. right. we're strong. and i think the truth. i. welcome back you're watching r t live from moscow on monday france thanks for joining me the flight data recorder from the passenger jet that crashed in central russia last sunday has been. coated with indications stop pointing toward pilot error for the tragedy investig

it does not say to what level you're radium can be enriched they can rich enrich it as much as they like they simply cannot divert that enriched uranium for the use in nuclear weapon when he was just happy you know that you know when you give me the word here just want to give pepe the last word here pepe all the while all the while we even meeting is reputed to be this is a good question for ok you know all while you everyone's looking at a rant but it looks like saudi arabia is just going to buy a weapon from pakistan but that doesn't make headlines does it. look the house will solve this on the road to absolute irrelevance it's going to take maybe what one year two three five they're going to have their arab spring over there in the eastern province majority shiite they're going to have their arab spring but returning saudi students that go back to jeddah and riyadh study in the west they say this is completely absurd let's really move there now is this country so their days are numbered absolutely and that's why they're so desperate and very very important even beyond that of bush ou

risk for very short periods but long exposure to it and certainly if yellowcake is ingested in your radium miners to suffer from a high degree of cancer from ingesting powders similar to yellow cake so certainly not a total surprise they're concerned about it and not happy to have it in their community on guard it september has been the deadliest month in iraq this year according to a leading database on violence in the country it's called the iraq body count and let's give you some details here on r.t. it puts the death toll among civilians at more than twelve hundred all adding to a total over one hundred thousand violent civilian deaths in iraq witnessed since the start of the invasion in two thousand and three and it's the armed intervention that experts blame for the surge of violence and the rapid rise of al qaeda with around four thousand suicide bombers blowing themselves up in just the past decade a former u.s. marine and veteran of the siege of fallujah iraq he told r.t. about the horrors that he witnessed there. well a couple of the big facts that need to be known is just to kin

and russia urges the un to pay attention to poorly guarded stockpiles of warrior radium in libya while the eastern part of the country tries to break away now from tripoli.

it does not say to what level you're radium can be enriched they can rich enrich it as much as they like they simply cannot divert that enriched uranium for the use in nuclear weapons when he was just happy you know that you know when you give me the word here just want to give pepe the last word here pepe all the while all the while we even media is reputed to be this is a good question for ok you know all while you everyone's looking at a rant but it looks like saudi arabia is just going to buy a weapon from pakistan but that doesn't make headlines does it. look the house will solve this on the road to absolute irrelevance it's going to take maybe what one year two three five they're going to have their arab spring over there in the eastern province majority shiite they're going to have their arab spring but returning saudi students that go back to jeddah and riyadh studying in the west they say this is completely absurd that's really more there now is this country so their days are numbered absolutely and that's why they're so desperate and very very important even bummed out of bush

. >> in new mexico where i grew up, there's radium springs.these hippies are there soaking in the baths. he got out his geiger counter and said this is radioactive. they said, yeah, man, but it's natural. >> it's true to say that we're all bathed in natural radioactivity. it's affecting all of us all the time. comes from the rocks, the air, and even from space. it's in our food, in our water, in our teeth. so radiation isn't dangerous in an everyday sense. and there's enormous variation in different parts of the world. >> do you have any numbers just to put that into kind of a context? >> the units are difficult. it's rays and milligrams and all this kind of thing. the numbers are not familiar to people in any way shape or form. if i said to you the mi radioactivity is only 400 more millisieverts that wouldn't mean anything to you. >> reporting radiation levels are as confusing as they could possibly be. >> has just about 0.7 rem. you have to get up to 50 to 75 rem. >> we hear rem, microrem, millirems, a lot about millisieverts. you're looking

syria, we have so-called reactors that have some high amount of radium -- uranium, that need to be under the safeguards. regularlyhat facility , and that facility is staying in peaceful activities. not had the ability to go to the other areas for obvious reasons. we have not had any indication that things are getting worse. >> what about the other three sites you want to go to? have two different things. one is the syrian nuclear facility, and the safeguards. the other rate -- reactor i mentioned being under safeguards. locatedroyed facility, in a different place. we drew the conclusion that it is very likely that it was a nuclear reactor. but it does not exist independently, and we have interest in our -- verifying that these functional facilities, there are three. these italy's are not under safeguards -- facilities are not under safeguards, and we have to theseccess facilities. we you not know them for now -- do not know them for now. question, in north korea, you explained very where -- well the situation. the iaeaaea -- returns, what would be the approach, knowing that continuity ha

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