Radiation protection technician

Would you enjoy the challenge of removing contaminated materials If so, consider a career as a radiation protection technician. 

Radiation protection technicians use radiation measuring instruments to iocate and assess the risk posed by contaminated materiais. Then they decontaminate the area with high-pressure cieaning equipment and remove the radioactive materiais. The work often requires the technicians to wear protective suits. The phys-icaiiy demanding work is care-fuiiy pianned and carried out, with an emphasis on safety. 

Because alpha, beta, and gamma radiation possess different amounts of electrical charge, they are affected differently by an electric field. Gamma rays, which carry no charge, are not deflected by the electric field. 

Note also that a new element, radon (Rn), is created as a result of the alpha decay of the unstable radium-226 nucleus. The type of equation shown above is known as a nuclear equation because it shows the atomic number and mass number of the particles involved. It is important to note that both mass number and atomic number are conserved in nuclear equations. The accounting of atomic numbers and mass numbers below shows that they are conserved. 

The beta decay of unstable carbon-14 results in the creation of the new atom nitrogen (N). 

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AAS, Occupational Safety and Health Hazardous Materials Management Radiation Protection Technician... 

Radiation protection technicians. Radiation protection technicians perform most of the work, making measurements for the purposes of radiation protection senior technicians may also make interpretations and recommendations on the basis of such measurements. 

Chapter 24 looks at some of the economic evaluations that can be applied to nuclear reactor systems. The calculations of costs throughout the fuel cycle and the cost of construction of the nuclear plant determine what the cost of the generated electricity will be. Chapter 25 discusses radiation protection, which is important to persons working with radioactive materials in any setting and also important to the safety of the general public. A simple form of radiation protection is sun block to protect the skin from natural solar radiation, or a lead apron by a dental technician to protect a person while X-rays are being taken. 

Revised radiation-protection regulations became effective. SL-1 test reactor accident at Arco, Idaho killed three technicians. 

Generally, though, when BZ was being tested, the technicians did their best to keep delirious subjects out of mischief and protect them from injury. Unfortunately, one afternoon, an unsteady volunteer lost his balance while under the influence of BZ and fell back against a hot radiator, sustaining a mild second-degree bum to his back. It was just the sort of accident that I (certainly not he) actually welcomed - not too serious, but enough to make the Safety Office nervous. 

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