Principles of Radiation Shielding
Author: Arthur B. Chilton
Publisher: Prentice Hall
Published: 1984
Total Pages: 504
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DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Author: Arthur B. Chilton
Publisher: Prentice Hall
Published: 1984
Total Pages: 504
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DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Author: Institute of Medicine
Publisher: National Academies Press
Published: 1997-10-28
Total Pages: 78
ISBN-13: 0309058953
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Author: J. Kenneth Shultis
Publisher: Amer Nuclear Society
Published: 2000-01-01
Total Pages: 537
ISBN-13: 9780894484568
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →This newly published book is intended for dual use as a textbook for students in radiation shielding courses and a reference work for shielding practitioners. It emphasizes the principles behind techniques used in various aspects of shield analysis and presents these principles in many different contexts. This approach is intended to provide a strong base of understanding in order to facilitate use of the large shielding codes that have come to dominate shielding design and analysis. An assumption is made that the reader has an understanding of mathematics through basic calculus and vector analysis as well as a knowledge of the nuclear physics of radioactive decay. For most chapters, problem sets are provided.
Author: J. Kenneth Shultis
Publisher: Prentice Hall
Published: 1996
Total Pages: 568
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DOWNLOAD EBOOK →3 Mile Island. Chernobyl. Nuclear meltdowns that can spell disaster for decades to come. For a number of professions including nuclear engineering, environmental engineering, radiology, and space physics, the most hazardous aspect of the job is the proper handling of radioactive material and the assessment of radiation doses. This book provides an understanding of the principles and techniques used in modern radiation shield design and analysis.
Author: Arthur B. Chilton
Publisher: Prentice Hall
Published: 1984
Total Pages: 550
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DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Author: Institute of Medicine
Publisher: National Academies Press
Published: 1995-07-17
Total Pages: 107
ISBN-13: 0309176115
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Over the past several decades, public concern over exposure to ionizing radiation has increased. This concern has manifested itself in different ways depending on the perception of risk to different individuals and different groups and the circumstances of their exposure. One such group are those U.S. servicemen (the "Atomic Veterans" who participated in the atmospheric testing of nuclear weapons at the Nevada Test Site or in the Pacific Proving Grounds, who served with occupation forces in or near Hiroshima and Nagasaki, or who were prisoners of war in or near those cities at the time of, or shortly after, the atomic bombings. This book addresses the feasibility of conducting an epidemiologic study to determine if there is an increased risk of adverse reproductive outcomes in the spouses, children, and grandchildren of the Atomic Veterans.
Author: Claus Grupen
Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media
Published: 2012-01-08
Total Pages: 1251
ISBN-13: 3642132715
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →The handbook centers on detection techniques in the field of particle physics, medical imaging and related subjects. It is structured into three parts. The first one is dealing with basic ideas of particle detectors, followed by applications of these devices in high energy physics and other fields. In the last part the large field of medical imaging using similar detection techniques is described. The different chapters of the book are written by world experts in their field. Clear instructions on the detection techniques and principles in terms of relevant operation parameters for scientists and graduate students are given.Detailed tables and diagrams will make this a very useful handbook for the application of these techniques in many different fields like physics, medicine, biology and other areas of natural science.
Author: ALAN MARTIN and SAMUEL A. HARBISON
Publisher: Springer
Published: 2013-12-01
Total Pages: 253
ISBN-13: 1489969403
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Author: James E. Martin
Publisher: Wiley-Interscience
Published: 2003
Total Pages: 552
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DOWNLOAD EBOOK →A practical guide to radiation safety Many health and scientific professionals require a basic understanding of radiological safety principles, even and especially if they are not specialists in radiological health. Principles of Radiological Health and Safety is designed for this purpose as well as a resource for safety personnel who also handle radiation safety duties. It is a text of basic concepts needed in broad-based protection programs, with real-world examples and practice problems to demonstrate principles and hone skills. Resource data for practical problems in radiation protection are provided along with illustrative examples of their use. For example, modes and energies of radioactive transformation, radiation attenuation and absorption, dose coefficients, and environmental transport parameters are included for many of the common circumstances encountered in laboratory and industrial settings. these are cross referenced to standard compendiums for straightforward use when more in-depth listings need to be consulted. Other topics include: * Atom structure and radioactivity * Radiation protection standards and programs * Radiation interactions and dose * Environmental radiological assessment * Radiation shielding * Radon * Internal radiation dosimetry * Radioactive waste Safety professionals as well as students and teachers will find Principles of Radiological Health and Safety to be an invaluable addition to their professional and academic libraries.
Author: Laurence R. Young
Publisher: Springer
Published: 2017-01-15
Total Pages: 0
ISBN-13: 9783319121901
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →This comprehensive encyclopedia serves the needs of biomedical researchers, space mission planners and engineers, aerospace medicine physicians, graduate students, and professors interested in obtaining an up-to-date and readable introduction to bioastronautics, the science of humans in space. Following the excitement and progress of the birth of the space age in the fifties and sixties, with the successes in human space flight – culminating with the Moon landings – the field of bioastronautics retreated into the more workmanlike arena of successively longer stays in low Earth orbit. At this time, major new initiatives are ahead both in human and robotic space exploration. The International Space Station, along with the developing Chinese space station and lunar program, will permit the development and testing of the means of astronaut protection for long duration missions – eventually to Mars and its moons, as well as visits to asteroids, other NEOs, and the Lagrange points. New life support systems and innovative approaches to radiation protection beyond Earth’s magnetic field will all be developed and tested. Meanwhile, the search for extraterrestrial life, past or even present, is accelerating – with the spectacular finds of Martian water and the discovery of potentially habitable extra-solar planets. A new generation of scientists is ready to attack a new set of problems, and is in need of an efficient, accurate and searchable means of discovering the essentials of the field. This reference work also covers the challenges, past achievements, and potential solutions inherent to the safe exploration of distant space and the search for life off our planet. The entries summarize the tertiary literature and include sufficient data and illustrations to introduce each topic, while avoiding the length and detail of scientific review articles.