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Is it dangerous to be around radiation patients?
When sick people are treated with radiation, that does not make them radioactive. Radiation is dangerous, but radiation patients are not.
In 1986 a nuclear explosion released radiation that killed hundreds of people in and around?
Chernobyl
What is artificial radiation?
Artificial radiations is radiation that is cause by human activities. This radiation adds to the natural radiation that is around.
Who worked on radiation?
Thousands of people have worked on radiation
How many people died from the atomic bombs blast alone?
I believe it was around 120,00 in 2 seconds from the blast, and around 60,000 after the blast from radiation poisoning.
How can people slow down Radiation?
radiation can be slowed by the using of salt.take example by people in japan
What device is used to measures radiation exposure of people working with radiation?
A dosimeter is used to measure radiation exposure of people working with radiation. It is worn by individuals who are at risk of exposure to monitor the amount of radiation they are exposed to over time.
In Nagasaki how many people died of radiation?
Upon impact, 70,000 people were killed instantly and another 70,000 injured. At that time, Hiroshima had a population of around 255,000. It's believed that there were around 140,000 deaths in total. Some died during the actual bombing and some died later from radiation poisoning, cancer, or leukemia.
Are people exposed to gamma waves every day?
No, most people are never exposed to them. Only if your around radiation which is very unlikely and if you were you would have gear to where you wouldn't have to worry about it.
Why do people working around radioactive waste in a radioactive storage facility wear badges that contain strips of photographic film?
The film in the badges changes colour when radiation hits it. By looking at the badges, the people wearing them can tell how much radiation they have been exposed to. They have different strips of film for different types of radiation, so they are not only able to tell how much radiation someone has been exposed to, but also what type of radiation. Its basically a safety measure to ensure that workers are not exposed to excessive levels of radiation emitted from the waste.
What were the effects of the Chernobyl accident on the people?
31 people were killed in the immediate accident and 1,800 children have thus far been diagnosed with thyroid cancer. In a study published in May 2001Many people living in and around Chernobyl before the disaster suffered radiation poisoning and related radiation illnesses such as cancer.
What moves around empty space is it radiation or convection or conduction?
Empty space implies radiation.
