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Radiation source use and replacement abbreviated version / [electronic resource] : 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. - Washington, D.C. : National Academies Press, c2008. - xi, 219 p. : ill.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 175-188). Includes bibliographical references.

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.




Electronic reproduction.
Palo Alto, Calif. :
ebrary,
2013.
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Subjects--Topical Terms:
Radioactive substances--Security measures--United States.
Radiation sources--Security measures--United States.
Radiation--Safety measures.
Radiology, Medical--Safety measures.
Dirty bombs--Prevention.--United States

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Electronic books.

LC Class. No.: TK9400 / .N294 2008eb

Dewey Class. No.: 363.325/5