EHSA allows for the entry of source use and waste generation by the Authorized User or Radiation Worker. This mechanism is meant to capture the dispensing of radioactive material from the original ...

In this lesson, students will investigate the nature of radioactivity and the effect of both distance and shielding materials on different radioactive sources using a Geiger-Muller tube with a counter ...

Clinicians who desire to use radioactive materials for patient applications need to apply for authorization from the Radiation Safety Committee. The Committee reviews the training and experience of ...

Each day thousands of shipments of radioactive materials, including waste and spent nuclear fuels, are transported globally. The IAEA strongly promotes the implementation of its transport safety ...

CWRU is authorized to use radioactive material by the State of Ohio, which became an Agreement State on August 31, 1999. Radioactive material is extensively used in the several hundred biomedical ...

The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) and the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) have agreed to enhance their cooperation around the transport of radioactive materials by air, ...

Gov. Ron DeSantis (R-FL) signed a bill Thursday that could allow phosphogypsum, a radioactive material, to be used in road construction. The legislation adds the radioactive waste to a list of ...

Rhino poachers in South Africa now face the new potential threat of radioactive horns, and it’s thanks in part to researchers at Texas A&M University's Nuclear Engineering Department. Department ...

Connecticut has become the 40th state to sign an agreement with the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission to oversee the licensing and use of radioactive material. “It’s going to make a difference. And ...

Florida is another step closer to paving its roads with phosphogypsum — a radioactive waste material from the fertilizer industry — after Gov. Ron DeSantis signed a controversial bill into law ...