Re[2]: Iinfo on Nuclear Technology

["Riasp Medora" <riasp.medora@fernald.gov>]

     Another book I think worth considering is "Sourcebook on Atomic 
     Energy", by Samuel Glasstone.  I am not sure if the book is still in 
     print, but it is a great resource for all topics related to radiation 
     and radioactivity. The topics are presented in a organized manner that 
     can be understood by people of varying backgrounds.
     
     Riasp Medora
     riasp_medora@fernald.gov


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Subject: Re: Iinfo on Nuclear Technology
Author:  radsafe@romulus.ehs.uiuc.edu at FE-INTERNET
Date:    1/20/98 7:58 AM


At 04:56 PM 1/17/98 -0600, you wrote:
>A local science teacher and the school librarian asked me to recommend some 
books on nuclear technology for the school library.  I searched Bookstop, 
Bookpeople, Walden Books, Borders Books and Barnes and Noble (all large, 
reputable bookstores) and found nothing on the topic that was suitable for 
high school students.  There was an abundance of books on quantum mechanics, 
high energy particle physics, nuclear weapons, the perils of nuclear power 
and radioactive waste, Caldicott, Sternglass, etc., but nothing that a lay 
person could read for a general balanced overview.  
>Have I overlooked something?  Is there something out there that is suitable 
for high school level students?
     
Dear Rick Jacobi
     
        Considering that you are interested in text for teachers and high
school students, I would like to recommend basic text, simple written, but 
containing the necessary  up to date information on Safety and Radiation 
Protection, and the procedures about the uses of radioactive material in 
industry, engineering and medicine. They are part of a Practical Radiation 
Safety Manual:
     
1 - Manual on Gamma Radiography
2 - Manual on Nuclear Gauges
3 - Manual on Shielded Enclosures
4 - Manual on Self-Contained Gamma Irradiators (categories I and III) 
5 - Manual on Self-Contained Gamma Irradiators (categories II and IV) 
6 - Manual on High Energy Teletherapy
7 - Manual on Brachytherapy
8 - Manual on Therapeutic Uses of Iodine-131
     
 I recommend also to use the following IAEA site:       
     
HTTP://www.iaea.or.at/worldatom/inforesource/factsheets/index.html";
     
For the IAEA Fact Sheet Series, covering useful information for nuclear 
energy in everyday life.
     
Please contact the IAEA Division of Public information <official.mail@iaea.or>
     
to obtain free of charge copies and  Permission to reproduce the documents
     
     
I do believe these texts are more appropriate to general high school students, 
     
and for many radsafers interested in these subjects.
     
J. J. Rozental <josrozen@netvision.net.il> 
Israel