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Radiation and the Nuclear Fuel Cycle
Overview Radiation can arise from human activities or it can be from natural sources. Most of the radiation that people are exposed to is from natural sources. These include: radioactivity in rocks and soil of the earth's crust, radon, a radioactive gas from the earth and present in the air, and cosmic radiation. About one quarter of the natural radiation comes from the human body itself. The human environment has always been radioactive. Radiation arising from human activities typically accounts for up to 25 percent of the public's exposure every year. This radiation is no different to natural radiation except that it can be controlled. The main source is X-rays and other medical procedures, accounting for most exposure from this quarter. The rest comes from coal burning, appliances and sundry sources.
| Publisher | Uranium Information Centre Ltd | File Format | HTML |
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| Date Published | March 2001 | Downloads | 65 |
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