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Radioactive sources contain radioactive material of a particular radionuclide (an unstable form of an element emitting radiation), which can vary based on the application for which the source was ...

To work with radioactive material at the University at Buffalo, you must fill out one of two types of applications as noted below. All users of Radioactive Material at the University at Buffalo must ...

In this lesson, students will investigate the nature of radioactivity and the effect of both distance and shielding materials on different radioactive sources using a Geiger-Muller tube with a counter ...

Natural resources that are extracted from the ground such as coal, oil, natural gas and other mineral ores contain various amounts of natural radioactivity. When these resources are extracted and ...

Bill Lee currently receives funding from the Welsh Government and the European Regional Development Fund for his Ser Cymru Chair at Bangor University. He has previously received BNFL, EPSRC and NDA ...

Radioactive decay is the strange and almost mystical ability for one element to naturally and spontaneously transmute into another. In the process, those elements tend to emit deadly forms of ...

Dedicated at Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, on Oct. 8, 2021. On a spring day in Boston in 1941, a young doctor from Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) met a woman for a drink. But this was ...

The purpose of this Sandia National Laboratories' sponsored study is to support existing and future activities under the National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA) Office of Radiological Security ...