International Atomic Energy Agency

Radiation Protection in Nuclear Medicine: Best Practice

The goal of radiation protection in nuclear medicine is to ensure that the expected medical outcome for the patient is achieved, and procedure optimized while limiting the radiation risk to the ...
JSTOR Daily

Puff the Magic Dragon: How our Understanding of Fallout, Residual and Induced Radiation Evolved over Fifty Years of Nuclear Weapons Testing

Medicine, Conflict and Survival, Vol. 14, No. 2 (April-June 1998), pp. 106-119 (14 pages) Radiobiological science has proceeded on empirical principles since health physics became a necessary ...
The New York Times

Nuclear Sites Dotted Across Ukraine Pose Threat of Radiation Disaster

Each day of war risks a strike on sites that could scatter radioactive material. Officials say one laboratory near the front has been hit dozens of times. Each day of war risks a strike on sites that ...
The New York Times

U.S. Wires Ukraine With Radiation Sensors to Detect Nuclear Blasts

The federal National Nuclear Security Administration is setting up an advanced network that can verify an attacker’s identity. By William J. Broad The United States is wiring Ukraine with sensors that ...