Description:
((Radiation litigation, the cleanup and decommissioning of nuclear
facilities, radon exposure, nuclear medicine, food irradiation,
stricter regulatory climate -- these are some of the reasons health
physics and radiation protection professionals are increasingly called
upon to upgrade their skills.))
Designed to prepare candidates for the American Board of Health Physics
Comprehensive examination (Part I) and other certification
examinations, this monograph introduces professionals in the field to
radiation protection principles and their practical application in
routine and emergency situations. It features more than 650 worked
examples illustrating concepts under discussion along with in-depth
coverage of sources of radiation, standards and regulations, biological
effects of ionizing radiation, instrumentation, external and internal
dosimetry, counting statistics, monitoring and interpretations,
operational health physics, transportation and waste, nuclear
emergencies, and more.
Reflecting for the first time the true scope of health physics at an
introductory level, Basic Health Physics: Problems and Solutions gives
readers the tools to properly evaluate challenging situations in all
areas of radiation protection, including the medical, university, power
reactor, fuel cycle, research reactor, environmental, non-ionizing
radiation, and accelerator health physics.
Table of Contents:
Preface
Part I Radiation Protection Fundamentals
1. Introduction
Part II Introduction to Radiation Protection
2. Dosimetric Quantities and Units
3. Natural and Human-Made Sources of Radiation Exposure
4. Standards and Regulations
5. Biological Effects of Ionizing Radiation
6. Instrumentation
7. External Dosimetry -
Basic Source Geometries and Attenuation Relationships
8. Internal Dosimetry
9. ALARA and Shielding
10. Counting Statistics
Part III Applications
11. Monitoring and Interpretation
12. Operational Health Physics
13. Transportation and Waste
14. Nuclear Emergencies
Part IV Specialty Health Physics Areas
15. Medical Health Physics
16. University Health Physics
17. Fuel Cycle Health Physics
18. Research Reactor Health Physics
19. Power Reactor Health Physics
20. Environmental Health Physics
21. Accelerator Health Physics
22. Nonionizing Radiation
Part V Answers and Solutions
Part VI Appendices
I. Mathematical Review
II. Physical Constants
III. Particle Properties
IV. Supplementary Information for Gamma-Ray Dose Calculations
V. Selected Data on Radionuclides and Decay Relationships
VI. Electromagnetic and Mechanics Relationships
VII. Conversion Factors
VIII. Physical Quantities and their Units
VIV. Production Equations
Index
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