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There are three groupings of naturally occurring radiation, mostly based on where the radiation comes from. First there is the radiation in the soils and rocks, called primordial or terrestrial. Then there is radiation that comes from space, called cosmic or cosmogenic. More @Wikipedia
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- Naturally Occurring RadiationThere are three groupings of naturally occurring radiation, mostly based on where the radiation comes from. First there is the radiation in the soils and rocks, called primordial or terrestrial. Then there is radiation that comes from space, called cosmic or cosmogenic.
- Effects of RadiationThe human health effects that have been observed have been when individuals or groups have received larger doses of radiation (more than 500 mSv) from events like those due to military uses of nuclear weapons, accidents, and uses of radiation in medicine for therapy.
- Chernobyl - Radiation AnswersThe number of deaths due to acute radiation syndrome (ARS) during the first year following the Chernobyl accident is well documented. According to the United Nations Scientific Committee on the Effects of Atomic Radiation (UNSCEAR 2000), ARS was diagnosed in 134 emergency workers.
- Social Aspects of Radiation SafetyToday we are still worrying about radiation as a weapon, but in the form of a dirty bomb or an improvised nuclear device rather than a whole-scale attack. Much of this worry continues to be promoted in the media when depictions of the “mushroom cloud” imply that all radiation is bad. And what about nuclear power and those medical x rays ...
- Industrial Uses for RadiationThe radiation sources used for these processes include radiation-producing machines and sealed-source radioactive materials, to name two. In this section, we are going to describe a few of the uses that routinely improve our lives.
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