Review of Dangerous Radioisotopes: What is Available in Practice, What Should We be Concerned About?

Abstract

This presentation is prepared for the 2015 meeting of the Radiation Injury Treatment Network (RITN) and is intended to provide a context to the type and scale of radiological weapons that would result in casualties.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jun 01, 2015
Accession Number
ADA620648

Entities

People

  • Alex Lodge
  • Carl A. Curling

Organizations

  • Institute for Defense Analyses

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Biomedical
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Actinides
  • Bone Marrow
  • Casualties
  • Chemical Biological Radiological And Nuclear Defense
  • Coefficients
  • Department Of Defense
  • Dose Rate
  • Engineering
  • Explosives
  • Health Care
  • Isotopes
  • Materials
  • Nuclear Energy
  • Radiation
  • Radiation Injuries
  • Radioactive Materials
  • Radiological Weapons

Readers

  • Nuclear and Radiation Engineering.
  • Systems Analysis and Design
  • Trauma or Military Medicine