The National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine are private, nonprofit institutions that provide expert advice on some of the most pressing challenges facing the nation and world. Our ...
WASHINGTON — The use of high-risk radioactive materials in medical, research, and commercial applications has increased by about 30 percent in the U.S. in the last 12 years, and the government should ...
The “spacescape” exposes crystal oscillators used in space applications to the hazards of radiation. This article focuses on ...
Brookhaven's Medical Isotope Research and Production Program focuses on extracting Actinium-225, a rare radioactive element that can be used in cancer radiation therapy. (Energy Department photo) The ...
The global radiation-hardened electronics market is poised for growth, expanding from USD 1.77 billion in 2025 to USD 2.30 ...
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 ...
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Rethinking Nuclear Radiation

Rethinking nuclear radiation and its dangers is critical if the world is to turn away from hydrocarbon sources of energy.
Providing recommendations on the application of the concept of clearance for materials, objects and buildings that are to be released from regulatory control, this publication supports the application ...
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 ...