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Radiation source use and replacement : abbreviated version
- 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.
- Author
- National Research Council (U.S.). Committee on Radiation Source Use and Replacement.
- Publication
- Washington, D.C. : National Academies Press, [2008], ©2008.
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Details
- Additional Authors
- National Research Council (U.S.). Nuclear and Radiation Studies Board.
- Description
- xi, 219 pages : illustrations; 28 cm
- Subjects
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 175-188).
- Additional Formats (note)
- Also available online.
- 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 -- Appendix A: Biographical Sketches of Committee Members -- Appendix B: Background on the Atom, Radioactive Decay, Radiation, and Radiation Dose Deposition -- Appendix C: Glossary -- Appendix D: Information-Gathering Meetings
- ISBN
- 0309110149
- 9780309110143
- OCLC
- ocn223867787
- 223867787
- SCSB-5408797
- Owning Institutions
- Columbia University Libraries