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1 online resource (232 pages) |
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text txt rdacontent |
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computer c rdamedia |
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online resource cr rdacarrier |
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Intro -- REVIEWERS -- PREFACE -- CONTENTS -- EXECUTIVE SUMMARY -- SUMMARY -- 1 INTRODUCTION -- 2 RADIATION SOURCES IN THE UNITED STATES AND THEIR USES AND ORIGINS -- 3 RADIATION SOURCE RISKS -- 4 ACCELERATOR AND DETECTOR TECHNOLOGIES -- 5 SELF-CONTAINED IRRADIATORS -- 6 PANORAMIC IRRADIATORS -- 7 RADIOTHERAPY -- 8 INDUSTRIAL RADIOGRAPHY -- 9 WELL LOGGING -- 10 IMPLEMENTATION OPTIONS FOR ENCOURAGING REPLACEMENT OF RADIONUCLIDE RADIATION SOURCES WITH ALTERNATIVES -- REFERENCES -- APPENDIXES -- 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 |
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Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2020. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries |
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Print version: Replacement, Committee on Radiation Source Use and Radiation Source Use and Replacement : Abbreviated Version
Washington, D.C. : National Academies Press,c2008 9780309110143
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Radioactive substances -- Security measures -- United States.;Radiation sources -- Security measures -- United States.;Radiation -- Safety measures.;Radiology, Medical -- Safety measures.;Dirty bombs -- United States -- Prevention
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Council, National Research
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Studies, Division on Earth and Life
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Board, Nuclear and Radiation Studies
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