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Members are devoted to applying nuclear science and engineering technologies involving isotopes, radiation applications, and associated equipment in scientific research, development, and industrial processes. Their interests lie primarily in education, industrial uses, biology, medicine, and health physics. Division committees include Analytical Applications of Isotopes and Radiation, Biology and Medicine, Radiation Applications, Radiation Sources and Detection, and Thermal Power Sources.
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Article explores emerging trends in health physics
Key developments, emerging trends, challenges, and innovations in the field of health physics are the topic of a recently published article in Health Physics Journal. The authors of “The Future of Health Physics: Trends, Challenges, and Innovation,” Lekhnath Ghimire and Edward Waller, write that they hope to “foster dialogue and collaboration for the unpredictable yet exciting journey ahead” in health physics.
Warren M. Rohsenow
Nuclear Technology | Volume 65 | Number 1 | April 1984 | Pages 170-171
doi.org/10.13182/NT84-A33388
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