Introduction to Radiation Protection: Practical Knowledge for Handling Radioactive Sources (Graduate Texts in Physics) - Hardcover

Grupen, Claus

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ISBN 10: 3642025854 ISBN 13: 9783642025853

Verlag: Springer-Verlag GmbH, 2010

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toRadiationProtection PracticalKnowledge forHandlingRadioactiveSources Collaborators:UlrichWerthenbachandTiloStroh 123 ProfessorDr. ClausGrupen UniversityofSiegen,DepartmentofPhysics Walter-Flex-Str. 3,57068Siegen,Germany E-mail:grupen@hep. physik. uni-siegen. de Collaborators: Dr. TiloStroh Dr. UlrichWerthenbach UniversityofSiegen,DepartmentofPhysics Walter-Flex-Str. 3,57068Siegen,Germany E-mail:stroh@sirs02. physik. uni-siegen. de werthenbach@deph. physik. uni-siegen. de Graphics design: Armbrust Design, Stefen H. Armbrust, Siegen, Germany With cartoons by N. Downes, C. Grupen (partly inspired by my son Cornelius), L. Murchetz, V. Ren ?in, J. Wolter; copyright by the cartoonists. Translatedandupdatedfromthe4thEditionGrundkursStrahlenschutz,publishedbySpringer2008 ISSN1868-4513 e-ISSN1868-4521 ISBN978-3-642-02585-3 e-ISBN978-3-642-02586-0 DOI10. 1007/978-3-642-02586-0 SpringerHeidelbergDordrechtLondonNewYork LibraryofCongressControlNumber:2010921303 (c)Springer-VerlagBerlinHeidelberg2010 This work is subject to copyright. All rights are reserved, whether the whole or part of the material is concerned,specificallytherightsoftranslation,reprinting,reuseofillustrations,recitation,broadcasting, reproductiononmicrofilmorinanyotherway,andstorageindatabanks. Duplicationofthispublicationor partsthereofispermittedonlyundertheprovisionsoftheGermanCopyrightLawofSeptember9,1965,in itscurrentversion,andpermissionforusemustalwaysbeobtainedfromSpringer. Violationsareliableto prosecutionundertheGermanCopyrightLaw. Theuseofgeneraldescriptivenames,registerednames,trademarks,etc. inthispublicationdoesnotimply, evenintheabsenceofaspecificstatement,thatsuchnamesareexemptfromtherelevantprotectivelawsand regulationsandthereforefreeforgeneraluse. Printedonacid-freepaper SpringerisapartofSpringerScience+BusinessMedia(springer. com). Disclaimer This book provides an overview of radiation physics and radiati- protection regulations. It is essentially meant for students and p- fessionals concerned with problems of radiation aspects. We have tried to keep the information correct and up-to-date. However, any reliance on such information is strictly at your own risk. This refers to the availability of the shown commercial products and also to those places where web sites are given. Web addresses can change quite rapidly, but we have made sure that the sites given in the text are available at the time of printing of this book. The referred web sites are not under our control. We have also tried to get written permissions for all products on radiation detection and radiation - struments and other material which is shown in this book.

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Ph. D. at Kiel University, Germany 1970

Radiation Officer at Kiel University and Siegen University

Radiation Advisor for Fire Brigades in Matters of Radiation Protection, Siegen, Germany

Visiting Fellow of the Royal Society of England 1971 at the University of Durham

working with Sir Arnold Wolfendale (Prof. Dr. and Astronomer Royal emeritus)

Guest Professor at Tokyo University in 1980 and 1985

Visiting Scientist at CERN during sabbaticals in 1990, 1994 and 2000

Special High Energy and Particle Physics Prize of the European Physical Society

for the Discovery of the Gluon (along with other members of PETRA Experiments) in 1995

Full Professor at Siegen University since 1980

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The book presents an accessible account of  the sources of ionising radiation and the methods of radiation protection. The basics of nuclear physics which are directly related to radiation protection are briefly discussed. The book describes the units of radiation protection, the measurement techniques, biological effects of radiation, environmental radiation, and many applications of radiation. For each chapter there is a problem section with full solutions. A detailed glossary and many useful information in appendixes complete the book. The author has addressed the issue of internationality to make sure that the text and, in particular, the complicated regulations can be easily interpreted not only in Europe and the United States but also in other countries. The subject of radiation protection requires a certain amount of mathematics. For those who have forgotten the basic rules of calculus a short refresher course in the form of a mathematical appendix is added.

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• Verlag: Springer-Verlag GmbH
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2010
• ISBN 10: 3642025854
• ISBN 13: 9783642025853
• Einband: Tapa dura
• Sprache: Englisch
• Anzahl der Seiten: 432
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