Radiation Safety Lecture

10/3/00


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Table of Contents

Title Slide

Part One - Overview of Radiation

Definition of Radioactivity

Atoms

Atoms

Energy Units

Elements and Nuclides

Nuclear Stability

Chart of Nuclides

Isotopes

Naturally Occuring Isotopes

Ionising Radiation

Sources of Ionising Radiation

Types of Radiation

Beta Decay

Beta Decay

Electron Capture

Gamma Radiation

Energy Units

Half Life of Radioisotopes

Half Life of Radioisotopes

Part Two - Particular Radioisotopes

Beta Emitters of Interest

Beta Particle Energy Distributions

Examples of Negative Beta Decay

Gamma Emitters

125Iodine - Energy Release during Electron Capture

Gamma Emitters - Cobalt 60

Part Three - Protection from External Radiation

Time

Distance

Some Examples

Some Examples

Effect of Inverse Square Law on Radiation Intensity

Shielding

Shielding

Specific Gamma Ray Emissions

Beta Particles

Sheilding

Bremsstrahlung Process (Braking Radiation)

Shielding

Summary of Units

Part Five - Protection from Internal Radiation Hazards

Protection from Internal Radiation Hazards

Airborne Radioactive Materials

General Safety Precautions

Tissue and Cell Sensitivity to Radiation

Effects of Acute Radiation Exposure in Humans

Table of Isotopes

Table of Isotopes

Table of Isotopes

Author: Eleanor Morgan

Email: nell@wbiomed.curtin.edu.au

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