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Corporate Author National Research Council (U.S.). Committee on Radiation Source Use and Replacement.

Title Radiation source use and replacement [electronic resource] : 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.

Imprint Washington, D.C. : National Academies Press, c2008.

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Location Call No. OPAC Message Status
 Axe ProQuest E-Book  Electronic Book    ---  Available
Description xi, 219 p. : ill.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (p. 175-188).
Includes bibliographical references.
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.
Form Also available online.
Reproduction Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2015. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries.
Subject Radioactive substances -- Security measures -- United States.
Radiation sources -- Security measures -- United States.
Radiation -- Safety measures.
Radiology, Medical -- Safety measures.
Dirty bombs -- United States -- Prevention.
Genre/Form Electronic books.
Added Author National Research Council (U.S.). Nuclear and Radiation Studies Board.
ProQuest (Firm)
ISBN 9780309110143 (pbk.)
0309110149 (pbk.)

 
    
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