Ingestion of Radioactive Materials

The Transport of Radioactive Materials

All of these materials are transported on land, sea or in the air in compliance with regulations which are now universally based on the IAEA Regulations for the Safe Transport of Radioactive Materials Ref. [1]. These regulations are designed to ensure adequate protection of transport workers, the public and the environment against the hazards of external radiation, the spread of radioactive con...

Naturally-Occurring Radioactive Materials (NORM)

Over the years there have been many occasions when it was asserted that coal-fired power stations emitted more radioactivity (from NORM) than was released anywhere in the nuclear fuel cycle. While having some basis in fact the claim is generally not correct now. Today the contention regarding NORM tends to be in relation to steel and other materials released from demolished industrial facilitie...

Naturally-Occurring Radioactive Materials (NORM)

The main issue in view of NORM-impacted sites 1 is how such sites, e.g. radium contaminated sites, uranium liabilities, sites exploited for the mining of metals associated with NORM and wastes arising from industries processing or generating other kinds of NORM, are assessed and regulated. In view of the implementation of the new Basic Safety Standards (BSS), the regulations apply to the manage...

Effect of radioactive materials on environmental health.

In a recent discussion relating to environmental health, Mark D. Hollis (1) indicated that public health officials will be responslible for protecting the population against the harmful effects of ionizing radiation. Ionizing radiations result from the disintegration of unstable nuclei and are damaging to living tissue. The radiation may originate from an external source or from radioactive mat...

Detection of radioactive materials at borders