Category: Radiation

Three principles for radiation safety: time, distance, and shielding.Jul 2, 2018 What are the 3 basic principles of radiation protection? To do this, you can use three basic protective measures…

Being exposed to a lot of radiation over a short period of time, such as from a radiation emergency, can cause skin burns. It may also lead to acute radiation…

Radiation shielding concrete is the composite made up of cement, water, and heavy weight aggregates. It can shield such radiations as alpha rays, beta rays, gamma rays, X-rays, and neutrons…

Adult: 5,000 Millirems. The current federal occupational limit of exposure per year for an adult (the limit for a worker using radiation) is "as low as reasonably achievable; however, not…

XL (extra long, extra large) SA (sustained action) CR (controlled release) DR (delayed release)Jan 29, 2015 What does XL mean in drugs? by Drugs.com XL stands for extended release; it…

Radiation hormesis proposes that radiation exposure comparable to and just above the natural background level of radiation is not harmful but beneficial, while accepting that much higher levels of radiation…

A radiation protection advisor or RPA is the recognised authority that ensures an organisation has an adequate level of radiation shielding protecting staff, operators and patients in the radiation area.27…

These alternative energy sources include thorium, solar power, natural gas and hydrogen. Thorium can be used as a fuel in the nuclear cycle as an alternative to uranium and the…

The much more abundant uranium-238 does not undergo fission and therefore cannot be used as a fuel for nuclear reactors. However, if uranium-238 is bombarded with neutrons (from uranium-235, for…

Shot Divider of Operation Julin on 23 September 1992, at the Nevada Test Site, was the last U.S. nuclear test. When was the most recent nuclear detonation? Most recent nuclear…