Resolution is the smallest change that can be measured by an instrument.
Accuracy is the closeness of a measured value its 'true' value.
Precision is essentially related to repeatability when you try to do the same measurement a few times.
Forget precision for now. We know the terms...
It will be a bad thing from different perspectives, to both overestimate or low-ball the severity of the ongoing disaster at Japan.
We know the Japan disaster was recently revised to a level 7 disaster rating on par with the Chernobyl disaster. Naturally we are interested if the current...
This depends where and also when the measurements are done on the food supply. The disaster is still ongoing, and they also recently purposely dumped large quantities of contaminated water into the ocean for which the real impact is truly unknown a priori.
Also, as mentioned, it is unlikely...
There is the saying: never say never. Certainly this recent tragedy is once again a testament to this philosophy and a stark reminder to all engineers and scientists.
Given that disclaimer, these civilian nuclear reactors are designed with contingency in place to ensure they (for the most...