Title Radiation source use and replacement : abbreviated version / Committee on Radiation Source Use and Replacement, Nuclear and Radiation Studies Board, Division on Earth and Life Studies, National Research Council of the National Academies

Published Washington, D.C. : National Academies Press, ©2008

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Description 1 online resource (xi, 219 pages) : illustrations Contents Introduction -- Radiation sources in the United States and their uses and origins -- Radiation source risk -- Accelerator and detector technologies -- Self-contained irradiators -- Panoramic irradiators -- Radiotherapy -- Industrial radiography -- Well logging -- Implementation Options for Encouraging Replacement of Radionuclide Radiation Sources with Alternatives Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 175-188) Notes Print version record Subject Radioactive substances -- Security measures -- United States Radiation sources -- Security measures -- United States Radiation -- Safety measures. Medical radiology -- Safety measures. Dirty bombs -- United States -- Prevention Radiation Protection BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- Infrastructure. SOCIAL SCIENCE -- General. Medical radiology -- Safety measures Radiation -- Safety measures United States Form Electronic book Author National Research Council (U.S.). Nuclear and Radiation Studies Board. ISBN 9780309110150 0309110157

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