Health Physics: Radiation-Generating Devices, Characteristics, and Hazards (Hardcover)

OVERVIEW OF 21ST CENTURY HEALTH PHYSICS
Introduction to 21st Century Health Physics

NUCLEAR FUEL CYCLE ISSUES
Nuclear Fuel Cycle

ACCIDENTS AND NUCLEAR EVENTS
Nuclear Accidents and Radiological Emergencies
Nuclear Terrorist Events Including INDs and RDDs

NUCLEAR MEDICINE AND PUBLIC HEALTH
Nuclear Medicine
Public Radiation Exposures and Associated Issues

REGULATORY ISSUES, LIMITATIONS, AND CHALLENGES
Regulatory Considerations
Solutions to Problems

APPENDICES
Selected Data on Radionuclides of Health Physics Interest
Production Equations in Health Physics
Key Health Physics Relationships
Internal Dosimetry
Health Physics Related Computer Codes
Systematics of Charged Particle Interactions with Matter
Angular Absorbed Dose Dependence of Heavy Ion Interactions
Basis for Radiation Protection Regulations