Trending Radiation Discussions

What are best safety method to handle asbestos fiber or radiation zone on a work site? ‎

What is the relation between Z & E in linear attenuation coefficient‎

What is the annual whole body limit in radiation for a radiographers? ‎

Radioactivity is very dangerous to human health. What are these rays and how we can take measures to prevent this radiation? ‎

How you can measure continuously the radiation contamination in soil and air to monitor a specific area ; and what radiation detectors you will use?‎

What's the difference between Conduction, Convection & Radiation? ‎

 

Answer added by  Aissa ARIBI, Electronics Repair and Maintenance Engineer (wreline Services), Baker Hughes, a GE company
6 years ago

these rays are X rays and gamma rays. Actually we can't prevent exposure to these rays but we can protect ourselves using "Alara (As Low As Reasonably Achievabl ... See More

 

Answer added by  Adel Baryoun, Health Physicist, National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST)
7 years ago

Gamma Tracer is typically used for continuous environmental gamma detection. Canberra has a unit called EcoGamma-g. For continuous Alpha/Beta air monitoring the iCAM is a ... See More

 

Answer added by  FAISAL AYAZ, HSE Lead , Al Qubaisi SGB LLC
7 years ago

Radiation : Generated and absorbed photons Conduction : Molecules exciting their neighbors succesively Convection : Molecules heated like in conduction, but then move to ... See More

 

Answer added by  Aboubakr Mohamed GradIOSH, Field Compliance Coordinator (Environmental Protection, Radiation Protection, Occupational Health), Saudi Aramco
8 years ago

For the radiation zone handling, the main three ALARA principles time, shielding, and distance should be used. along with the radiation working areas classification for c ... See More