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About Radiation
About Radiation
Get familiar with non-ionizing and ionizing radiation, including particle radiation.
Read
Frumkin Chapter 22: Radiation, starting on page 603
Watch
Radiation and Health (23:57m; https://youtu.be/654jbBd96Zw)
Big Picture: The Electromagnetic Spectrum
Big Picture: The Electromagnetic Spectrum
How does it work?
How does it work?
Big picture, you can get a sense of radiation mechanisms and impact from the Nuclear Regulatory Commission. These considerations help us to understand why these different types of energy can be so impactful.
Photo from NRC
How Much Radiation?
How Much Radiation?
It's hard to know what's a small versus big amount of radiation. Use this graphic to put it all in perspective.
Source: https://xkcd.com/radiation/
Types of Radiation
Types of Radiation
Not all radiation particles are the same.
Compound Interest: A guide to different types of radiation (Sept 10, 2015) http://www.compoundchem.com/2015/09/10/radiation/
Nuclear Reactors
Nuclear Reactors
Explore how nuclear reactors generate electricity via Compound Interest.
Student Recommended Resources
Student Recommended Resources
This Podcast Will Kill You
This Podcast Will Kill You
Listen to the Erins present Episode 53 Radiation: X-Ray Marks the Spot. It is truly a fantastic episode. Highly recommend for big picture and also for the ethical considerations related to global impacts and inequities observed at Bikini Atoll, discussed around ~1:20:00
Listen (1:53:00min) -- amazing subparts!
Book Club Favorites
Book Club Favorites
Moore, K. (2017). The radium girls: The dark story of America's shining women. Naperville, Illinois: Sourcebooks. ISBN: 9781492649359 149264935X.
Find Radium Girls near you (Note: this was also an awesome limited series you can watch)
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