Category: Radiation

You can remove radioactive materials that are on the body of others or you can remove radioactive materials if they are on your body (self-decontamination). You can wash your hands,…

Radiation is classified as being either non-ionizing or ionizing. Non-ionizing radiation is longer wavelength/lower frequency lower energy. While ionizing radiation is short wavelength/high frequency higher energy. Ionizing Radiation has sufficient…

In beta minus (β−) decay, a neutron is converted to a proton, and the process creates an electron and an electron antineutrino; while in beta plus (β+) decay, a proton…

radon (Rn), chemical element, a heavy radioactive gas of Group 18 (noble gases) of the periodic table, generated by the radioactive decay of radium. (Radon was originally called radium emanation.)…

Rust-Resistant – Steel buildings are bolted down with rust-resistant bolts that expand from the water damage that hurricanes tend to bring. Wind-Resistant – Steel buildings can withstand being lifted by…

CT Scanning and Radiation Safety Studies show that the risk of cancer from CT scans is extremely low. Sometimes, your health condition will require an imaging exam that uses ionizing…

Helium can be easily retrieved from the atmosphere by fractional distillation. It leaks up into the atmosphere from the radioactive core of the Earth and forms naturally from solar radiation…

At the center of every atom is a nucleus. Breaking that nucleus apart—or combining two nuclei together—can release large amounts of energy. Nuclear weapons use that energy to create an…

Solar radiation, often called the solar resource or just sunlight, is a general term for the electromagnetic radiation emitted by the sun. Solar radiation can be captured and turned into…

Non-ionizing EMF is low-level radiation which is generally viewed as harmless. Routers and electronic devices, such as cellphones, computers and laptops, and Bluetooth devices (such as wireless headphones) emit this…