Main description:

Adopting a proactive approach and focusing on emerging radiation-generating technologies, Health Physics in the 21st Century meets the growing need for a presentation of the relevant radiological characteristics and hazards. As such, this monograph discusses those technologies that will affect the health physics and radiation protection profession over the decades to come. After an introductory overview, the second part of this book looks at fission and fusion energy, followed by a section devoted to accelerators, while the final main section deals with radiation on manned space missions. Throughout, the author summarizes the relevant technology and scientific basis, while providing over 200 problems plus solutions to illustrate and amplify the text. Twelve appendices add further background material to support and enrich the topics addressed in the text, making this invaluable reading for students and lecturers in physics, biophysicists, clinical, nuclear and radiation physicists, as well as physicists in industry.

Contents:

PART I OVERVIEW 1. Introduction PART II FISSION AND FUSION ENERGY 2. Fission Power Production 3. Fusion Power Production PART III ACCELERATORS 4. Colliders and Charged Particle Accelerators 5. Light Sources PART IV SPACE 6. Manned Planetary Missions 7. Deep Space Missions PART V Solutions to Problems PART VI Appendices i. Significant Events and Important Dates in Physics and Health Physics ii. Production Equations in Health Physics iii. Key Health Physics Relationships iv. Internal Dosimetry Primer v. The Standard Model of Particle Physics vi. Special Theory of Relativity vii. Muon Characteristics viii. Luminosity ix. Dose Factors for Typical Radiation Types x. Health Physics Related Computer Codes xi. Systematics of Heavy Ion Interactions with Matter xii. Curvature Systematics in General Relativity