16 articles for “Radiation safety”

Research ArticleOpen accessIn the abstractA Study on Nuclear Blast Overpressure on Buildings and other infrastructures using Geospatial TechnologyC. Vijayaraghavan, D. Thirumalaivasan, R. VenkatesanAn Improvised Nuclear Device or nuclear bomb of yield 10 kiloton to 20 kiloton explodes in any major city due to terrorism or any other reason can cause catastrophic damages on the building's and other infrastructures and also shutting down of critical life-safety systems.. The explosion may produce blast overpressure, thermal radiation and harmful instant and delayed nuclear radiations. The … …Journal of Computer Science, Vol. 8, Issue 9 · 15 Aug 2012 · 8,098 accessesView PDF Cite

Research ArticleOpen accessIn the abstractEnvironmental Radioactive Impact Associated to Uranium ProductionFernando P. CarvalhoProblem statement: One century of uranium mining in Europe and North-America created a legacy of ore mining and milling sites needing rehabilitation for environmental and human safety. In the last decades developments of uranium mining displaced the core of this activity to Australia, Canada and African countries. In the coming years, uranium mining is expected to grow further, in those … …American Journal of Environmental Sciences, Vol. 7, Issue 6 · 14 Jan 2012 · 8,249 accessesView PDF Cite

Research ArticleOpen accessIn the abstractAn Estimation of X-Radiation Output using Mathematic ModelSuchart Kothan, Montree TungjaiProblem statement: Diagnosis x-ray radiation safety is key in medical examination. The quantity of patient radiation doses is beneficial for radiation protection of the patient. It was proposed that the equation for estimating the output (milliReongent, mR) from x-ray machines. Approach: A was 0.5, 0.8 and 1.0 for single phase, three phases and high frequency x-ray machines, respectively. To compare … …American Journal of Applied Sciences, Vol. 8, Issue 9 · 13 Aug 2011 · 7,753 accessesView PDF Cite

Research ArticleOpen accessIn the abstractStudy of Electromagnetic Radiation and Specific Absorption Rate of Mobile Phones with Fractional Human Head Models via Green's FunctionsNookala Srinivasa Rao, G. R. Babu, P. V.S. SrinivasProblem statement: Electromagnetic Radiation from mobile hand set is identified as one of the side effects for increasing rate of brain tumor. Due to this reason, Mobile phone industries are attentive towards safety issues of human health. Specific Absorption Rate is one of the important parameter while modeling the radiation effect on human head. Brain material with homogeneity is treated … …Journal of Computer Science, Vol. 7, Issue 8 · 16 Jul 2011 · 6,698 accessesView PDF Cite

Research ArticleOpen accessIn the abstractWireless Phones Electromagnetic Field Radiation Exposure AssessmentA. D. Usman, W.F. Wan Ahmad, M.Z.A. Ab Kadir, M. MokhtarProblem statement: Inadequate knowledge of electromagnetic field emitted by mobile phones and increased usage at close proximity, created a lot of skepticism and speculations among end users on its safety or otherwise. Approach: In this study, near field electromagnetic field radiation measurements were conducted on different brand of mobile phones in active mode using a tri-axis isotropic probe and electric … …American Journal of Engineering and Applied Sciences, Vol. 2, Issue 4 · 31 Dec 2009 · 7,724 accessesView PDF Cite

Research ArticleOpen accessAll words, across the recordRadiation Measurement from Mobile Base Stations at a University Campus in MalaysiaMd. Rafiqul Islam, Othman O. Khalifa, Liakot Ali et al.The tremendous growth of telecommunication industry results the number of hand phone users increases everyday. In order to support the growing number of users, the mobile base stations can be seen in almost everywhere. This scenario has created uncomfortable feelings to the people that they may be affected by the radiations from antennas. A measurement was done at student hostels … …American Journal of Applied Sciences, Vol. 3, Issue 4 · 30 Aug 2006 · 7,290 accessesView PDF Cite