Some fifty participants from Guyana’s Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), hospitals, customs and industry have attended a national training course on basic radiation protection and regulation of ...

Radiation can be defined as energy traveling through space. There are two types of radiation, ionizing and non-ionizing, which are differentiated by how they interact with matter. Non-ionizing ...

This webinar will introduce the latest IAEA safety standards on the Application of the Concept of Exemption (General Safety Guide No. GSG-17) published in 2023 and promote its use in Member States.

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Cardiology fellows-in-training reported some radiation safety protocols are not fully enforced while pregnant.

Arizona lawmakers advance bills requiring hospitals install radiation protection systems after studies show high cancer rates ...

Appropriate personnel monitoring devices such as film badges, thermoluminescent dosimeters and/or pocket dosimeters will be assigned to each person who is likely to exceed 10% of annual external ...

Scrap processors could encounter radioactive scrap metal from a number of sources, including decommissioned nuclear power plants, the oil and gas industry and end-of-life medical equipment.

UV radiation is invisible to the eye and it is non-ionizing form of radiation in the 100 nm to 400 nm wavelength region of the electromagnetic spectrum. UV radiation is arbitrarily divided into UV-A ...

"A lot of the work that's currently being done in this field is looking at alternatives to lead for gamma protection," said Terry Thiem.

This policy establishes the duties and responsibilities for the Radiation Safety Program to ensure compliance with the United States Code of Federal Regulations (CFR) and Public Acts of the State of ...