Radiation can be defined as energy traveling through space. There are two types of radiation, ionizing and non-ionizing, which are differentiated by how they interact with matter. Non-ionizing ...

Radiation protection education and training are key to keep medical practitioners up to speed with the safe uses of the latest technologies, and this was a driver of a recent IAEA meeting. To identify ...

The University of Jyväskylä (Finland), in collaboration with the Finnish Radiation and Nuclear Safety Authority (STUK), has developed a new type of handheld multi-purpose radiation detector that ...

This chapter presents models that allow one to estimate the lifetime risk of cancer resulting from any specified dose of ionizing radiation and applies these models to example exposure scenarios for ...

The medical dosimetry program of the Radiation Effects Research Foundation (RERF), formerly the Atomic Bomb Casualty Commission (ABCC), in Hiroshima and Nagasaki has been conducted since 1961.

Protons give an atom its identity, electrons its personality,” is the way in which author Bill Bryson once colourfully described the fabric of all matter. It is an appropriate description of the ...

From outer space to down here on Earth, there are many places where ionizing radiation levels are high enough that they ...

The fallout from Chernobyl is both vast and ongoing. In 1986, the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant accident killed two workers at the plant immediately, and in the following days and weeks, the ...