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Presents Emerging and Maturing Radiation-Generating Technologies That Will Affect the Health Physics and Radiation Protection Profession

Posted on: Friday, 7 March 2008, 15:00 CST

Research and Markets (http://www.researchandmarkets.com/reports/c85284) has announced the addition of "Health Physics in the 21st Century" to their offering.

-Summarizes the relevant technology and scientific basis

-Extracts the relevant health physics issues to provide a unified, first-of-a-kind presentation of 21st century radiation generating systems

-Contains twelve appendices that add background material and provide supporting information and enrichment to topics addressed in the text

Authors bio:

Joseph John Bevelacqua, PhD, CHP, is the President of Bevelacqua Resources. A theoretical nuclear physicist by training, Dr. Bevelacqua is a Certified Health Physicist and Certified Senior Reactor Operator and has over 30 years of professional experience. This experience includes the medical, fuel cycle, accelerator, power reactor, environmental, and non-ionizing areas. He was a key player in the Three Mile Island and Hanford cleanup activities, and is an active researcher with over 75 publications. His research areas include heavy ion cancer therapy, theoretical physics, and health physics applications. He recently received California University's Professional Excellence Award for his accomplishments.

Key Discussions

OVERVIEW

- Introduction

FISSION AND FUSION ENERGY

- Fission Power Production

- Fusion Power Production

ACCELERATORS

- Colliders and Charged Particle Accelerators

- Light Sources

SPACE

- Planetary Missions

- Deep Space Missions

Solutions to Problems

Appendices

- Significant Events and Important Dates in Physics and Health Physics

- Production Equations in Health Physics

- Key Health Physics Relationships

- Internal Dosimetry Primer

- The Standard Model of Particle Physics

- Special Theory of Relativity

- Muon Characteristics

- Luminosity

- Dose Factors for Typical Radiation Types

- Health Physics Related Computer Codes

- Systematics of Heavy Ion Interactions with Matter

- Curvature Systematics in General Relativity

For more information visit http://www.researchandmarkets.com/reports/c85284


Source: Business Wire

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