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Nuclear radiation
Where is it used
The power sector
Nuclear radiation is used in fission reactors to generate roughly one gigawatt of energy, depending on the size, in this application nuclear isotopes are split, (by way of fission) producing an immense surge of power, which is harnessed to boil water.
Industrial use
Measurement and gauging
For use in fast-moving conveyor lines, nuclear radiation works with transmission and backscatter guides; for example, with a transmission guide, radiation is shot out from one side of a conveyor, and the particles pass through the designated material to a detector on the other side. The amount of received radiation signal is used to measure the material.
Quality control
In context of molten/solid metal production, standard quality control processes are limited in the safe methods of execution, similar to medical imaging, low wavelength particles are shot through a determined ratio of product, determining if any flaws are hidden within the mold or if the produced liquid is pure enough for sale.
Material sterilization
For medical use, a large source of gamma-rays are shot at medical equipment, by attacking the genetic makeup of bacteria located on the equipment, the radiation stops the bacteria's ability to reproduce, allowing for the equipment to be completely sterile within that environment.
Medicine
Medical imaging - Branching from radiotherapy, medical imaging uses low-wavelength nuclear particles that shoot through skin, flesh, bone, blood and organs to picture the significant area.
Radiotherapy- Radiotherapy uses nuclear isotopes in applications such as PET scans, Planar scintigraphy, Mammography, and a multitude of other scans, radioactive particles have a wavelength in the ranges of 0.01 nanometres to 0.00001 nanometres, this allows the particles to pass through the human body and produce an image for medial practitioners.