Radiation Basics

[Astronuc]

The Health Physics Society is an excellent resource for information on radiation and radiation interactions.

http://www.hps.org/publicinformation/ate/cat47.html

The following FAQs have been developed by our topic editors for this category:

How Can You Work Safely Around Radiation?
Radiation Basics
Radioactivity Units
Relationship Between Radionuclide Gamma Emission and Exposure Rate
What is Radiation?
What Is Radioactive Contamination?
What Types of Radiation Are There?

The following HPS Web pages also address this category:

Glossary of Radiation Terms
Shielding of Gamma Radiation

http://hps.org/publicinformation/radardecaydata.cfm

 

[the_force]

Hey

Great post! Thank you :)