Category: Radiation

The three most common types of radiation are alpha particles, beta particles, and gamma rays.The three most common types of radiation are alpha particles, beta particles, and gamma rays. What…

Though it may look like they are emitting smoke, it's actually just water vapor. The cooling towers are part of the cooling water system used to condense steam from the…

Ionizing radiation is radiation with enough energy that to remove tightly bound electrons from the orbit of an atom, causing that atom to become charged or ionized.Oct 26, 2020 What…

Gamma rays are a radiation hazard for the entire body. They can easily penetrate barriers that can stop alpha and beta particles, such as skin and clothing. Gamma rays have…

Detection of Alpha Radiation using Geiger-Mueller Counter Geiger counters are mainly used for portable instrumentation due to its sensitivity, simple counting circuit, and ability to detect low-level radiation. Geiger counters…

This interaction of the negatively charged electrons with the magnetic field radiates a pulse of electromagnetic energy. The pulse typically rises to its peak value in some five nanoseconds. Its…

Why even after almost five years radiation is still high in the vicinity of the power plant? As a consequence, radioactive materials have accidentally spilled out of the power plant,…

Using simple statistics, the probability of a core-melt accident within 1 year of reactor operation is 4 in 14,816 reactor years, or 1 in 3704 reactor years. Are nuclear meltdowns…

The city beneath the city: excursions through Moscow's underground world. Beneath Muscovites' feet is a hidden world of tunnels, bunkers, warehouses and catacombs. Subterranean Moscow extends for dozens of meters…

Radioactive elements emit ionizing radiation as their atoms undergo radioactive decay. Radioactive decay is the emission of energy in the form of ionizing radiation.13-Jul-2021 What is produced by radioactivity? The…