One becquerel is the radiation of one decay per second. Another unit of measurement for radioactivity is the curie, but a curie represents 37 billion decays per second. 8. The Jansky ...

The Meriden, Conn., unit's sale, part of an ongoing plan that Areva outlined in late 2011 to shed assets, would allow the company to exceed its minimum target of 1.2 billion euros in assets ...

The radiation levels in Fukushima 's unit two reactor are so high they could kill a human in two minutes, according to data collected by a robot. Tokyo Electric Power, the company which operates ...

Areva SA, the largest nuclear reactor maker, has started a process to sell its nuclear radiation measurement unit Canberra, three people with knowledge of the plans said. The state-controlled ...

Various units can be used to measure radiation. Stone measured in “counts per minute” — the number of atoms that are detected to have decayed in one minute.

Areva SA, the world’s largest nuclear reactor maker, is set to start exclusive talks to sell its radiation-measurement unit Canberra to Astorg Partners SAS for more than 300 million euros ($391 ...

U.S. radiation detection and protection group Mirion Technologies and investment funds Apax Partners, 3i and Triton are in the running to bid for Canberra, a unit of French nuclear group Areva, a ...

One becquerel is the radiation of one decay per second. Another unit of measurement for radioactivity is the curie, but a curie represents 37 billion decays per second. 8. THE JANSKY ...