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IONISING RADIATION
DEFINITIONS
IONISING RADIATION
MEASURING RADIATION
The three types of radiation have different penetrative properties. This
also means they have different levels of harm alpha being the least
harmful and gamma being the most.
SOURCES
Waste materials from nuclear power stations and nuclear medicine are
radioactive and some of them will remain radioactive for thousands of
years and thus there are problems with storing waste. There are three
types of waster stored in different ways:
Low level gloves, clothes etc. squashed and buried
Intermediate level equipment in contact with fuel vitrification
(storing the material in glass)
High level spent fuel rods stored in concrete