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According to the law and the act, radioactive sources must be "sealed." Depending on the material and configuration, they can range in size from tiny seeds used in cancer treatment to the size of the tip of a ballpoint pen or up to several inches in length.
If you're exposed to enough radiation, it can potentially kill you. By causing so much harm to your organs and body that your body is no longer capable of performing basic activities. The regulating system for radioactive materials is designed to prevent anyone from being exposed to levels that could cause pain and short-term damage.
Time, distance, and shielding are the most basic ways to avoid hazardous radiation exposure. Limit your exposure to the radioactive source by increasing the distance between you and it and shielding yourself by placing objects between you and it. These ideas underpin nuclear control, allowing us to benefit from the benefits of radioactive materials while reducing the risk to public health and the environment. For more information, go here.
Radiation can be found in a variety of businesses and in tens of thousands of locations across the country, not just in major cities and nuclear power plants. They can pose a concern to public health and safety if not adequately managed and monitored. The following are some examples of where radiation detection and monitoring technology should be used:
- Manufacturing and industrial operations: Every day, radioactive sources are utilised and transported for testing and measurement, construction, packing, food analysis and inspection, structural inspections (welds, concrete, etc. ), and other industrial operations.
- Medical Institutions: Due to radiochemistry and imaging, proton beam treatment, radiation research labs, and blood irradiators, many medical facilities have significant levels of radioactive sources.
- Laboratories in Scientific and Academic Facilities: Radioactive materials may be handled in laboratories in schools and scientific buildings dedicated to nuclear research or nuclear medicine.
- Scrap yards and landfills: Orphan sources, sometimes known as unwanted radioactive material, refer to sealed sources of radioactive material. Orphan sources can be found in scrap metal from demolished industrial and medical buildings and must be eliminated before contaminating other items.
Advanced, integrated radiation detection and radioactivity measurement tools can assist in mitigating the hazard and keeping you safe. Listed below are a few examples:
- A Personal Radiation Detector (PRD) is a pager-sized device that detects gamma rays, gamma ID, and neutrons.
- A Radiation Detection Backpack is perfect for usage in the outdoors to swiftly locate orphaned sources, radiation pollution, and suspected malicious intent sources while remaining unnoticed by the crowd.
- In applications such as nuclear incident response, radiological hotspot identification, and environmental contamination detection, a Transportable Detection System is a sophisticated mobile solution for radiation survey, patrol, and isotope identification.
The goal of this educational section on radiation detection is to inform first responders, fire departments, and police agencies that radiation sources can be found in practically every city and region.
- Many communities believe that if there is no nuclear power plant nearby, they will be safe from radiation. That is not the case! Every city should consider upgrading old detectors to do double duty in the fight against domestic terrorism threats, respond promptly to small amounts of radiation, and inform people when radiation dose rates are excessive.
- Radiation detection and monitoring is another safety precaution that all communities should take. In any scenario, safety and security personnel should be able to detect, locate, identify, and measure radioactivity. And the first step is to be aware enough to identify potential radiation hazards.