radiation-generating devices, characteristics and hazards /
Joseph John Bevelacqua
1 online resource
Includes bibliographical references and index
Overview of Health Physics: Radiation-Generating Devices, Characteristics, and Hazards -- Overview of Health Physics: Radiation-Generating Devices, Characteristics, and Hazards. Introduction to Twenty-First Century Health Physics -- Nuclear Fuel Cycle Issues -- Nuclear Fuel Cycle Issues. Nuclear Fuel Cycle -- Accidents and Nuclear Events -- Accidents and Nuclear Events. Nuclear Accidents and Radiological Emergencies -- Nuclear Terrorist Events Including INDs and RDDs -- Nuclear Medicine and Public Health -- Nuclear Medicine and Public Health. Nuclear Medicine -- Public Radiation Exposures and Associated Issues -- Regulatory Issues, Limitations, and Challenges -- Regulatory Issues, Limitations, and Challenges. Regulatory Considerations -- Solutions to Problems -- Solutions to Problems. Solutions -- Appendices -- Appendices. Appendix A: Selected Data on Radionuclides of Health Physics Interest -- Appendix B: Production Equations in Health Physics -- Appendix C: Key Health Physics Relationships -- Appendix D: Internal Dosimetry -- Appendix E: Health Physics-Related Computer Codes -- Appendix F: Systematics of Charged Particle Interactions with Matter -- Appendix G: Angular Absorbed Dose Dependence of Heavy Ion Interactions -- Appendix H: Basis for Radiation Protection Regulations