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    Are you aware of the dangers of radioactive materials?

    Radioactivity is a characteristics of some materials which contain unstable nuclei of some atoms and that give out harmful radiations like Gamma Rays and Neutrons. These radiations are invisible which means we do not see them with our eyes but once they enter our body they are harmful and in some cases make fatalities in human beings. During leakage from nuclear reactors or leakage from industrial nuclear sources these radiations can penetrate in the bodies of people in that area and severe harm is done to the individuals.
    Nuclear power generation and nuclear source management is a matter of great concern and all safety precautions are to be taken by the people handling and managing these nuclear plants or industrial nuclear sources.
    Apart from that there are many X-ray machines and other radioactive scanning machines where nuclear radiations are used. It is imperative that strictest safety measures are to be used in these places. There have been cases of damage of nuclear plants during natural disasters and that is a point of worry for the nations having a good number of their nuclear plants running to produce electricity.
    What are your experiences about this? Have you ever handled these nuclear appliances or sources? What type of safety you had observed? Please share.
  • #780547

    Points:4
    I heard about the damage to nuclear plant some years ago in Japan due to Sunami and associated storm. There was a great danger of radioactive contamination in the area in the water and soil plus the radiation in air. Then I also remember the accident that took place in Chernobyl in Russia.
    Radioactive radiations are akin to the X-rays, invisible but could do much harm to human body.
    I believe that in many countries power is generated through nuclear reactors. I also understand that they must be taking the stringest safety precautions. Still sometimes disasters happen and any radioactive radiation in air would be fatal to the human beings.
    Thoughts exchanged is knowledge gained.

  • #780551

    Points:5
    Nuclear power plants are used to generate electricity at cheaper rates than the electricity generated in thermal power plants using coal as raw material. However, in India, we are using multiple sources to generate electricity such as the Hudel project where water is the necessary fuel to generate electricity, and thermal power plants where coal is used as raw materia to produce electricity of small magnitude.
    Hence to make up the shortfall of the generation, we are tapping different sources to meet our requirements.
    In this line, the first one is the atomic power plant Trombay where power is produced by means of Nuclear Generation by disintegrating the same in the nuclear reactors. So far, this has not posed any problem but we cannot predict how far it will remain safe in the upcoming time due to its hazardous characteristics.
    If we want to tap electricity through the nuclear reactors, safety measures are to be made more secure.

  • #780553

    Points:2
    Radioactive materials are dangerous for the human body. It can damage internal organs and it is absolutely not recommended to work at such places even with protective gears. Everyone knows what happened to Madam Marie Curie who was the first scientist to discover it. She herself died because of the radiation that cause aplastic pernicious anaemia.
    Humble yourself or life will do it for you!

  • #780560

    Points:5
    Radio active materials will emit some radiation continuously and they are not good for the human body. That is why one should be careful while working with those materials.
    BARC, Mumbai and many other scientific laboratories are using these materials. There are special norms for building buildings for installing equipment like X-ray machines etc, and the construction will be carried out as per those norms. There is a separate body for approval of these buildings. All people working in these buildings will be provided with separate badges which will measure the concentration of these radioactive materials in the body and if they are above the specified limit, they should not be allowed to work in such buildings.
    One of my friends who did his PhD in chemistry joined a government organisation and was working with some such equipment. He died very early and people say it is due to a reaction of these radio active rays with his blood. Facts are not known to me.
    drrao
    always confident

  • #780615

    Points:4
    Radioactive materials and radioactive sources are used in the industry for various technical tasks and the people using it should be very careful in it.
    BARC is the apex organisation which monitors these aspects through issue of radioactive chest badges which the workers working in the radioactive areas wear on their chest and every month they are sent to BARC for checking of radioactive exposures and if it is found more than the permissible limit then they would advise the worker to get assignment changed.
    When I was managing radioactive sources for use in oil wells I along with my helping staff used to wear those badges that we received from BARC every month.
    Apart from that we used special long tools to handle the radioactive sources and kept them in special lead containers.
    Knowledge is power.

  • #780619

    Points:2
    That is true. Radioactive materials and sources are well used in many industries for various quality parameters checking. X-Ray is used for inspecting the integrity of the materials without spoiling the item. Any voids inside can be seen by using these X-rays. Radioactive materials are widely used in non destructive testing (NDT).
    drrao
    always confident


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