Accelerators in our past, present, and future: A challenge to radiological protection in the twenty-first century

Conference · Wed Sep 01 00:00:00 EDT 1993

OSTI ID:10108291

Thomas, R H ^[1]

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1. Lawrence Livermore National Lab., CA (United States)

The foundations of many of the subdisciplines of radiological protection laid in accelerator laboratories began with the invention of accelerators. This paper suggests that the discipline of accelerator radiological protection has played and will continue play a more significant part in our lives than is generally recognized. A brief review of some existing uses of accelerators by society is given, and a few probable future uses are described. These future applications will result in the exposure of accelerator (or {open_quotes}mixed{close_quotes}) radiation fields to an increased population. Consequently, what are perceived to be the rather specialized concerns of today`s accelerator health physicists will -- by necessity -- become of general interest to all health physicists.

• Research Organization: Lawrence Livermore National Lab., CA (United States)
• Sponsoring Organization: USDOE, Washington, DC (United States)
• DOE Contract Number: W-7405-ENG-48
• OSTI ID: 10108291
• Report Number(s): UCRL-JC-115071; CONF-9310242-1; ON: DE94004198; TRN: 94:000160
• Resource Relation: Conference: 18. annual conference of the Australian Radiation Protection Society,Sydney (Australia),7 Oct 1993; Other Information: PBD: Sep 1993
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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