Gyt Radionuclides: A Case Study

Beginning with the accident at Three Mile Island in 1979, a widespread belief has proliferated that all levels of ionizing radiation are dangerous. Since 1980, radiation hormesis studies have shown there is actually a threshold of danger with high level exposures, but below that threshold low dose radiation is essentially safe and quite possibly beneficial to life. Yet, this relatively new, seemingly contradictory understanding of radiation's health effects has gone essentially unknown to the general public. In order to grasp the reasons why, we must again return to the bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki.

According to the video, effects attributed to radiations will still occur even after several centuries and the radiations are considered to be causative agents for dangerous incurable diseases such as cancer. As per the video, the best measures for one to protect himself or herself from nuclear fallout and radiation are distance, shielding and time. Therefore, it is useful for one to adopt some protective measures even if they are temporary. It is suggested that the more shielding, distance and time an individual takes, the better

study has shown that children under the age of eight absorb twice the amount of radiation

Each of the experiments used different dosimetry devices to detect the amount of radiation exposure. By using these devices not only does it measure how much radiation exposure patients are being exposed to but also the amount of radiation the technicians are being exposed to. Using different dosimeters helps predict which ones pick up more and less radiation. Dental radiology technicians should wear the dosimeter badges while working, so they can be measured at all times. By measuring the amount of scatter radiation in multiple ways helps us regulate the

Seidlin reported on the success of radioactive iodine (I-131) in treating a patient with advanced thyroid cancer. Later, the use of I-131 was expanded to applications such as thyroid gland imaging, hyperthyroidism treatment and quantification of thyroid function. By the 1950s, the clinical use of nuclear medicine had become widespread as researchers increased their understanding of detecting radioactivity and using radionuclides to monitor biochemical processes.” (Dr. Ananya Mandal, MD) With this information, we know that nuclear medicine is successful with multiple cases of diseases. Our technology today has improved on how treatments can be done. Nuclear medicine has improved from the time being. If treating a disease with nuclear medicine back then had been successful, imagine all of the success stories of everyone today who has had the chance of using nuclear medicine. Nowadays, the science and technology has developed so much that it is easy to cure any type of disease when proper guidance is given. If the technology is used properly, the side effects can be reversed. Today, we can easily figure out a way to reverse the effects of what we did to ourselves with all of the equipment, tools, and technology that people

Radiation exposure during pregnancy has been debated by health practitioners for a while now. According to the researches carried out it can be concluded that radiation exposure especially to pregnant females poses a threat to the fetus in the formation stage and also later in life. Although pregnant women are advised not to expose themselves to radiation, it may be difficult due to background radiation in the environment that comes from radioactive substances in water, food, air, construction materials and soil.

A 5-20 dose of rem causes possible damage to chromosomes possibly causing your children to have deformities. At 20-100 rems you will have a reduction of white bloods cells for an amount of time dependent on the rems. At 100-200 rems you will most likely get mild Radiation sickness in about 2 hours of exposure. Also in radiation sickness you will vomit, have diarrhea, fatigue, and will be much more susceptible to infection and other stuff. Around 200-300 rems you will get serious radiation sickness and hemorrhage. At about 400-1000 rads you will have acute illness and a quite early death. And finally from 1000-5000 you will also have acute illness and be dead in a matter of a couple of days or so depending on the

I find this information valuable because it may influence individuals to find some alternative ways to reduce their exposure to radiation without taking off their monitor… such as these drapes. This is important because these drapes actually worked to reduce radiation for the personnel without effecting the dosage on the patient. If technicians, doctors, and scientists work together to come up with new equipment and ideas to reduce radiation, then that puts the whole team in a safer environment. This could also allow doctors and personnel to work more while experiencing less than the maximum radiation

is a derived unit measuring ionizing radiation that effects the health of an individual. Each Bq is

“When we speak of dangerous radiation exposure, are we speaking of alpha radiation, beta radiation, or gamma radiation?”

There are a lot of radioisotopes, which are used in varieties of groups. From all the radioisotope, I focused on the element of Iodine 131 which is commonly used for thyroid cancer treatment. Therefore, I wanted to investigate on whether Japan should continue using iodine 131 as a treatment to cure thyroid cancer and also for the nuclear power plants. In this essay, I will consider the advantage and limitations of getting the treatment done but also in an economic, environmental and social way. However, throughout this essay, I will argue that the iodine 131 treatments are good but not completely good.

At this time, it is not clear how much diagnostic radiation is contributing to the increase in thyroid cancer cases. It is possible that the increase in the diagnosis of thyroid cancer can be attributed to a greater rate of detection by use of ultrasonography and fine needle aspiration3. The thyroid tissue itself is among the tissues that are less sensitive to radiation, however, thyroid cancer is still such a concern because the thyroid is so superficial in the body1 (77). “Even doses as small as 50–100 mGy have been associated with an increased risk of thyroid malignancy in children, with a

This kind of exposure is likely from not taking the correct protective measures when being around higher levels of radiation. The effects from chronic exposure can be after you have had and acute exposure as well. This would be where radioactive material has tried to have been fixed. Some longer lasting effects of being exposed to higher levels of radiation is differents types of cancer. Some of the types of cancer consist of leukaemia, bone cancer, thyroid cancer, and lung cancer. Sometimes even genetic effects like some malformations in children born to parents exposed to radiation. Not every child born from parents who have been exposed will have malformations but they have a higher chance. This can also go for animals as

In an effort to address the issue of radio frequency radiation exposure in this community, we will provide a background on the sources of radio frequency radiation as well as the known and suspected health effects. We will also proposed two epidemiological studies and discuss risk management and

The above data was the data that was collected initially, following the procedure that was originally laid out. First the background data was collected, with the collection interval set to 10 seconds. Then both the gamma and the beta sources were collected at 2 and 4 centimeters. After this, the same procedure was repeated with the ceramic and the lead plates placed as close to center between the source and the radiation monitor as possible, this data provides some insight into the effect of shielding materials and distance on the intensity of radiation, however the small time period for collection means a lower precision than is desirable. The low value of the counts/min means a higher percent