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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...
    37 KB (3,162 words) - 02:32, 25 December 2024
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    Ionizing radiation (US, ionising radiation in the UK), including nuclear radiation, consists of subatomic particles or electromagnetic waves that have...
    60 KB (6,552 words) - 02:02, 28 November 2024
  • Radiation protection, also known as radiological protection, is defined by the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) as "The protection of people...
    49 KB (5,949 words) - 14:46, 6 December 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...
    21 KB (2,124 words) - 12:59, 4 November 2024
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    particle radiation consisting of particles of non-zero rest energy, such as alpha radiation (α), beta radiation (β), proton radiation and neutron radiation acoustic...
    48 KB (6,163 words) - 13:21, 4 January 2025
  • Thumbnail for ISO 21482
    usage of a "supplemental radiation warning symbol", a warning symbol. It is intended to warn people of the dangers of radiation hazards posed by sealed...
    11 KB (1,048 words) - 10:23, 16 August 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...
    263 KB (32,794 words) - 12:53, 28 October 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 (6,758 words) - 21:35, 20 December 2024
  • 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...
    45 KB (4,640 words) - 17:10, 27 September 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...
    121 KB (11,804 words) - 14:42, 13 December 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 (5,719 words) - 02:44, 24 November 2024
  • PMID 18344474. Birnbauer, William (2008-09-07) "Big Tobacco covered up radiation danger". The Age, Melbourne, Australia Radford EP Jr; Hunt VR (1964). "Polonium...
    77 KB (8,400 words) - 08:03, 1 January 2025
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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 (6,401 words) - 14:57, 6 January 2025
  • Particle radiation is the radiation of energy by means of fast-moving subatomic particles. Particle radiation is referred to as a particle beam if the...
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    X-ray (redirect from Roentgen radiation)
    X-ray (also known in many languages as Röntgen radiation) is a form of high-energy electromagnetic radiation with a wavelength shorter than those of ultraviolet...
    107 KB (12,692 words) - 22:38, 7 January 2025
  • 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 (8,240 words) - 17:59, 8 January 2025
  • 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) - 06:42, 30 October 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...
    92 KB (9,247 words) - 14:01, 6 January 2025
  • Gray (unit) (redirect from Gray (radiation))
    the unit of ionizing radiation dose in the International System of Units (SI), defined as the absorption of one joule of radiation energy per kilogram...
    18 KB (2,258 words) - 16:10, 6 July 2024
  • general discussion of both civilian and military accidents, see nuclear and radiation accidents. For other lists, see Lists of nuclear disasters and radioactive...
    90 KB (2,677 words) - 14:25, 30 December 2024
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