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2 unusual facts about Caesium-137


Caesium-137

In 2009, a Chinese cement company (in Tongchuan, Shaanxi Province) was demolishing an old, unused cement plant and did not follow standards for handling radioactive materials.

Perhaps the best-known case is the Goiânia accident of 1987, in which an improperly-disposed-of radiation therapy system from an abandoned clinic in the city of Goiânia, Brazil, was scavenged from a junkyard, and the glowing caesium salt sold to curious, uneducated buyers.


Alexander Rustemov

Rustemov is a well seasoned internet blitz player, having played Loek van Wely in an 137-game blitz match on the ICC, the final score of which was 67.5-71.5 to van Wely.

All Saints College, Galle

All Saints College began as an educational institution in 1867, under the patronage of Lord Peter and the Anglican Church, with a total of 137 students in the roll.

Allan Watkins

During that tour, Watkins battled his way to a nine hour long, unbeaten 137, in Delhi, his best Test score.

Apurímac Region

poly 116 105 126 116 135 123 136 134 137 147 137 159 129 164 128 170 132 180 125 189 129 196 134 210 143 217 138 222 138 228 133 240 135 246 131 249 130 249 122 254 113 254 97 262 93 260 82 253 73 265 66 275 56 274 49 263 57 240 54 235 61 232 63 218 69 204 79 193 82 193 80 182 77 168 76 159 83 151 81 145 84 135 89 127 95 121 101 112 107 110 113 106 Aymaraes Province

Bannerman, Edmonton

The Clareview LRT station is located a short distance to the west of the neighbourhood along 137 Avenue.

Belmont, Edmonton

The Clareview LRT Station is located just to the west of the neighbourhood along 137 Avenue.

Bob Wong

He was elected to the Ontario legislature in the 1987 provincial election, defeating Joe Pantalone of the New Democratic Party (NDP) by 137 votes in the downtown Toronto riding of Fort York.

Brian Rast

At the 2012 WSOP Rast made two final tables sixth place in the $1,500 No Limit Hold'em Re-entry for $137,632 and sixth place in the $1,000,000 Big One for One Drop for $1,621,333.

Broken Bow Lake

Broken Bow Lake was authorized by the Flood Control Act of 1958 (approved July 3, 1958 (HD 170, 85th Congress, lst Session)) and another Flood Control Act (approved October 23, 1967 (SD 137, 87th Congress, 2nd Session)).

Caesium iodide

Caesium iodide can be used in Fourier Transform Infrared (FT-IR) spectrometers as a beamsplitter.

Cantabri

Such was their reputation that when a battered Roman army under Consul Gaius Hostilius Mancinus was besieging Numantia in 137 BC, the rumour of the approach of a large combined Cantabri-Vaccaei relief force was enough to cause the rout of 20,000 panic-stricken Roman legionaries, forcing Mancinus to surrender under humiliating peace terms.

Catalinas Norte

The Postmodern high rise, designed by César Pelli, was completed in 2001 and at 137 meters (450 ft), would become the tallest in the district.

Collapse of the Royal Plaza Hotel

The collapse of the Royal Plaza Hotel occurred on 13 August 1993 in the city of Nakhon Ratchasima (Khorat) in Thailand, killing 137 people and injuring 227.

Denel Rooivalk

During November 2007, Defence Minister Mosiuoa Lekota announced in Parliament, that the SAAF was to invest R962 million (about US$137 million in 2007 exchange rates) in the helicopter over three years to 2010/2011, in order to bring it up to full operational status.

Dick Edell

He was also the second-winningest active head coach by wins, behind Jack Emmer of Army with 289, and the winningest all-time ACC coach, with 171 wins, ahead of Jim Adams of Virginia with 137.

Ernie Chan

Savage Sword of Conan #29, 35, 59, 68-69, 71, 76, 87, 111, 113, 116, 119, 122-123, 125, 137, 155, 158, 160-161, 164, 173, 177, 179, 183, 185, 187, 211-212, 214, 227 (1978–94)

Fairbottom Branch Canal

Immediately north east of the terminus at Fenny Fields Bridge an industrial community was founded at Park Bridge and a tramway, which included a small-bore tunnel 150 yards long (137 m), connected the two together.

Friedrich Parrot

On 27 September 1829, Parrot, a pioneer of scientific mountaineering, whilst professor of physics of the University of Dorpat, reached the summit of Mount Ararat (5,137 m) with Khachatur Abovian (the Armenian writer and national public figure) and three other students.

Hairsine, Edmonton

The Clareview LRT Station is located to the west of the neighbourhood along 137 Avenue.

Idaho Centennial Trail

North of the Selway-Bitterroot, the trail hop-scotches along the Idaho-Montana border on the backbone of the Bitterroot Mountains for more than 85 miles (137 km) on high ridges.

Indian Head Rock

In May, 2008, Ohio Representative Todd Book, along with sixty-six co-sponsors, introduced and adopted House Resolution No. 137 in the 127th Ohio General Assembly Regular Session.

John Randle

Randle left the NFL tied with Richard Dent for 5th in number of career sacks, and his 137.5 career sacks is the most by a defensive tackle in NFL history, aside from Vikings legend Alan Page who had a total of 148.5 sacks.

John Wesley Crockett

After moving to Memphis, Tennessee, Crockett died there the same year on November 24, 1852 at the age of 45 years, 137 days.

Judge Henry L. Benson House

The Judge Henry L. Benson House built in 1892 is an historic octagon house located at 137 High Street in Klamath Falls, Oregon.

Kernohan, Edmonton

Clareview LRT Station is located to the west of the neighbourhood along 137 Avenue.

Lodewyk van Berken

Charles the Bold, Duke of Burgundy became the patron of van Berken and in the 1470s commissioned him to cut a 137 carat (27.4 g) stone that later became known as the Florentine Diamond.

Lover, You Should've Come Over

The song was also featured in the third episode of the ABC series FlashForward titled "137 Sekunden."

Magyar Suzuki

Through the end of September 2005, the plant had a cumulative production volume of 849,000 vehicles: 465,000 Suzuki Swift (first generation) through March 2003, 187,000 Suzuki Wagon R+, 137,000 Suzuki Ignis and 60,000 Suzuki Swift (second generation).

Malaysian Armed Forces Council

The Malaysian Armed Forces Council is a Malaysian military body established under Article 137 of the Constitution of Malaysia and is the constitutional body responsible (under the general authority of the King as Supreme Commander) for the command, discipline and administration of Malaysia's armed forces.

March 2006 tornado outbreak sequence

In Ford County along Illinois Route 9, power poles were snapped and damage to vehicles was recorded and attributed to a microburst which had winds between 85 mph (137 km/h) and 100 mph (162 km/h).

Ne partez pas sans moi

The song was composed by Turkish songwriter named Atilla Şereftuğ and Swiss composer Nella Martinetti won with 137 points, beating the United Kingdom entry "Go" performed by Scott Fitzgerald by just one point in one of the closest finishes in Eurovision history.

North-west White Island Antarctic Specially Protected Area

The site has been designated an Antarctic Specially Protected Area (ASPA 137) because it supports an unusual small breeding population of Weddell Seals, which is not only the most southerly known, but which has also been physically isolated from other populations by the advance of the McMurdo and Ross ice shelves.

Patrick Surtain

Surtain attended high school at Edna Karr High School, where he completed 44 of 97 passes for 753 yards with seven touchdowns and rushed 137 times for 784 yards with 12 touchdowns as a quarterback.

Pear New Mill

The mill had 137,312 mule spindles which remained until the 1950s when they were replaced by 33,636 ring spindles, the mill being electrified at the same time.

Phlegon of Tralles

His chief work was the Olympiads, an historical compendium in sixteen books, from the 1st down to the 229th Olympiad (776 BC to AD 137), of which several chapters are preserved in Eusebius' Chronicle, Photius and George Syncellus.

Queen Mary Hospital, Hong Kong

Queen Mary Hospital's main ward tower, Block K, is the tallest hospital building in Asia at 137 metres (28 storeys), and is the third tallest in the world, behind London's Guy's Hospital and Houston's O'Quinn Medical Tower at St. Luke's Hospital.

Righteous indignation

The Forerunner Commentary on Psalms 137:2 argues that these psalms are about the "bitterness of exile into which God forced Judah", purportedly with the goal of turning grief into zeal, so that the "anger can be used to scour away sin" by becoming "righteously indignant".

Rubidium

These rubidium standards are often used with GPS to produce a "primary frequency standard" that has greater accuracy and is less expensive than caesium standards.

Taban Deng Gai

In the April 2010 elections the state electoral body announced that Taban Deng Gai won by 137,662 votes, beating runner-up Angelina Teny who won 63,561 votes.

The Goods: Live Hard, Sell Hard

The film opened at #6 in 1,838 theaters making $5,642,137 behind District 9, G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra, The Time Traveler's Wife, Julie & Julia, and G-Force.

Tikkun HaKlali

The Tikkun HaKlali consists of the following ten Psalms said in this order: 16, 32, 41, 42, 59, 77, 90, 105, 137, and 150.

Tremplin du Praz

However, in the summer the record is 137.0 metres, set by Poland's Kamil Stoch in 2011.

Tungsten trioxide

2010- AIST reports a quantum yield of 19% in photocatalytic water splitting with a caesium-enhanced tungsten oxide photocatalyst.

Tupolev TB-1

The first production aircraft was completed as an unarmed civil aircraft, named Strana Sovyetov (Land of the Soviets) for a propaganda flight from Moscow to New York, taking an eastward course via Siberia, reaching its destination on 3 November, flying 21,242 km (13,194 mi) in 137 flying hours.

VFA-137

The Kestrels returned home in June 2003, and began the transition to the new Lot XXV F/A-18E Super Hornet.

Between 24–31 March 2006, during Foal Eagle 2006 exercises, strike squadrons VFA-2, VFA-34, VFA-137, and VFA-151 from Carrier Air Wing Two teamed with U.S. Air Force aircraft from the 18th Wing based at Kadena Air Base to provide combat air patrols and coordinated bombing runs via the exercise’s Combined Air Operations Center.

Villages in Pathardi taluka

There are around 137 villages in Pathardi tehsil of Ahmednagar district of state of Maharashtra.


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