Nuclear development can be defined, in a broad sense, as nuclear science and technology, which are both based on the reactions involved in radiation such as neutrons, gamma rays, and other charged particles with nuclei. The nuclear reaction is the shared basis of nuclear science and technology, and the nuclear development must be more than simply development of energy sources. On the long ter…
The fourth edition of Clinical Nuclear Medicine incorporates the rapid and dramatic changes that have occurred in the field within the last 10 years--particularly the continued growth in clinical applications for PET and other aspects of molecular imaging--so that the book reflects modern practice. With its problem-oriented clinical approach, the book presents relevant topics of current importa…
Nuclear forensic analysis (or nuclear forensics) is an example of such a new discipline. Certain nuclear forensic techniques have been used for many years in isolated applications, including: * IAEA safeguards system verifying compliance with the treaty’s prohibitions on the manufacture of a nuclear weapon by a non-nuclear weapon state; * Enforcement of controls on the transfer of nuclear mat…
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