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  • Thumbnail for Hazard symbol
    Hazard symbol (redirect from Danger symbols)
    to the danger of being close to a strong source of ionizing radiation. It depicts, on a red background, a black trefoil with waves of radiation streaming...
    23 KB (2,331 words) - 04:39, 20 May 2024
  • Thumbnail for History of radiation protection
    X-rays were once handled carelessly, increasing awareness of the dangers of radiation in the 20th century led to the implementation of various preventive...
    266 KB (33,050 words) - 00:09, 6 June 2024
  • Ionizing radiation (US, ionising radiation in the UK), including nuclear radiation, consists of subatomic particles or electromagnetic waves that have...
    60 KB (6,553 words) - 05:22, 3 June 2024
  • Radiation protection, also known as radiological protection, is defined by the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) as "The protection of people...
    49 KB (5,944 words) - 02:01, 26 May 2024
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    particle radiation consists of particles of non-zero rest energy, such as alpha radiation (α), beta radiation (β), proton radiation and neutron radiation acoustic...
    47 KB (6,126 words) - 20:17, 11 April 2024
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    Ray cat (redirect from Radiation cat)
    the Human Interference Task Force's idea of oral transmission of radiation's dangers. Bastide and Fabbri did not specify a particular animal to be used...
    22 KB (2,131 words) - 21:00, 1 May 2024
  • Thumbnail for ISO 21482
    design and usage of a "supplemental radiation warning symbol", a warning symbol intended to warn of the dangers of radiation hazards posed by sealed sources...
    10 KB (1,042 words) - 11:25, 7 November 2023
  • Thumbnail for Electromagnetic radiation and health
    Electromagnetic radiation can be classified into two types: ionizing radiation and non-ionizing radiation, based on the capability of a single photon...
    43 KB (4,448 words) - 04:25, 28 May 2024
  • Thumbnail for Acute radiation syndrome
    Acute radiation syndrome (ARS), also known as radiation sickness or radiation poisoning, is a collection of health effects that are caused by being exposed...
    65 KB (6,783 words) - 20:10, 16 May 2024
  • Health threats from cosmic rays are the dangers posed by cosmic rays to astronauts on interplanetary missions or any missions that venture through the...
    53 KB (6,395 words) - 01:48, 16 February 2024
  • Background radiation is a measure of the level of ionizing radiation present in the environment at a particular location which is not due to deliberate...
    53 KB (5,675 words) - 23:11, 22 April 2024
  • Thumbnail for International Code of Signals
    possible source of radiation danger. AN I need a doctor. AN 1 I need a doctor; I have severe burns. AN 2 I need a doctor; I have radiation casualties. EL...
    33 KB (2,096 words) - 00:20, 25 February 2024
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    PMID 18344474. Birnbauer, William (2008-09-07) "Big Tobacco covered up radiation danger". The Age, Melbourne, Australia Radford EP Jr; Hunt VR (1964). "Polonium...
    75 KB (8,186 words) - 16:23, 2 June 2024
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    the central Pacific, where a small leak went unrepaired due to the radiation danger. On 29 August 1946, the US Navy decommissioned Prinz Eugen. By late...
    53 KB (6,408 words) - 12:08, 20 May 2024
  • Thumbnail for Nuclear and radiation accidents and incidents
    A nuclear and radiation accident is defined by the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) as "an event that has led to significant consequences to...
    120 KB (11,797 words) - 06:32, 20 May 2024
  • Therac-25 (category Radiation accidents and incidents)
    The Therac-25 is a computer-controlled radiation therapy machine produced by Atomic Energy of Canada Limited (AECL) in 1982 after the Therac-6 and Therac-20...
    29 KB (3,914 words) - 19:21, 5 June 2024
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    Infrared (redirect from Infra-red radiation)
    Infrared (IR; sometimes called infrared light) is electromagnetic radiation (EMR) with wavelengths longer than that of visible light but shorter than...
    91 KB (9,117 words) - 02:54, 7 June 2024
  • Thumbnail for List of civilian radiation accidents
    civilian accidents involving radioactive materials or involving ionizing radiation from artificial sources such as x-ray tubes and particle accelerators...
    76 KB (8,230 words) - 16:28, 26 April 2024
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    X-ray (redirect from Roentgen radiation)
    (or rarely, X-radiation) are a form of high-energy electromagnetic radiation. In many languages, it is referred to as Röntgen radiation, after the German...
    105 KB (12,434 words) - 05:30, 1 June 2024
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    Tsunami Danger". The New York Times. International Atomic Energy Agency (2007). IAEA Safety Glossary: Terminology Used in Nuclear Safety and Radiation Protection...
    35 KB (4,072 words) - 05:01, 1 June 2024
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