RadTarge II, RadPavise Yes, the integrated/accumulated dose reading stays in memory when the device is turned off.
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RadTarge II in Stanford Wearable Biosensors Study
In a recent study led by Mike Snyder and Xiao Li of Stanford University, physiological data gathered from wearable biosensors were found to be useful indicators of an individual’s health. RadTarge II D700 was used to measure personal radiation exposure over a six month period. The information collected revealed heightened radiation exposure “during airline flights or during chance encounters with individuals or locations with high radiation. Most importantly, it demonstrates that simple personal wearable devices can identify these levels and provide immediate feedback.” Read the full study (Digital Health: Tracking Physiomes and Activity Using Wearable Biosensors Reveals Useful Health-Related
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Hillary Clinton backs steelworkers during speech
During her speech to Pennsylvania union leaders, Democrat Hillary Clinton backs steelworkers, referencing an obscure incident involving radiation exposure among workers at Bethlehem Steel. In the 1940s and 1950s, workers at Bethlehem Steel were exposed to radiation rolling uranium rods for nuclear reactors. When these workers later developed cancer, Congress passed a law in 2000 entitling them to compensation if they could show the radiation exposure was the cause of their cancer. Clinton testified before the Presidential Advisory Board on Radiation and Worker Health in 2006, advocating for workers at the plant to automatically qualify for radiation exposure benefits. Full
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What is Hp(10) and Hp(0.07)?
Hp(10) and Hp(0.07) are personal dose equivalents, which represent the probability of stochastic health effects from radiation. Hp(10) is the deep dose equivalent. It is the equivalent dose at 10 mm below a specified point of the body. Hp(0.07) is the shallow dose equivalent, also referred to as skin dose equivalent or surface dose equivalent. It is the equivalent dose at 0.07 mm below the surface of the body. Currently, RadTarge II measures Hp(10). The option to switch between Hp(10) and Hp(0.07) will be added to future iterations of RadTarge II.
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Congress faces pressure to help rejected nuclear workers
Even with $12 billion federal program in helping sick nuclear-weapons workers, there are still tens of thousands sick nuclear workers were not able to have the compensation from the U.S. government leading an investigation. Because of the bureaucratic hurdles, many of the sick workers had to fight for their illness and the government in their final years. The Energy Employees Occupational Illness Compensation Program was launched in 2001. Under this program, 53,000 sickened or dead workers got compensated but the money went to surviving relatives in many cases. On the other hand, 7,762 workers did not get any compensation even
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Advances improve radiation therapy
Every year, there are more than 1 million cancer patients receiving radiation therapy for their treatment. Therefore, the advanced treatment technology is needed in order to reduce the amount of radiation exposure to patience’s critical organs as well as the side-effects. With the Active Breath Control (ABC) technology, women would have less likelihood to suffer from harmful exposure of the heart to radiation during the treatment. The external-beam radiation therapy technology has been improved by boosting the speed and precision of treatment leading a shorter treatment times. Similarly, brachytherapy in the external-beam radiation therapy has been dramatically improved allowing higher
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Tokyo food radiation safety: It’s personal
The attitude toward food safety is rather a personal preference among the Tokyo residents after the Fukushima nuclear plant incidence which led to a serious radiation scare. Checking for food labels may be enough for some consumers, but some take it to the next level by going to the radiation monitoring stations to ensure food safety. On the other hand, many of them already went back to the normal as they were before the disaster. Although the government has been setting up radiation monitoring centers for people to check food safety, getting yes-or-no answers is not easy. People still need
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Fukushima Radiation Continues Spread
Four years after the meltdown at Fukushima Daiichi, tests of hundreds of water samples from the Pacific Ocean have revealed that the nuclear power plant continues to leak radioactive isotopes from the accident. However, the levels are still too low to harm human or ocean life, according to scientists. “Despite the fact that the levels of contamination off our shores remain well below government-established safety limits for human health or to marine life, the changing values underscore the need to more closely monitor contamination levels across the Pacific,” cautions Ken Buesseler, marine radiochemist with the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution. Woods
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Cancer Patients Turned Away at Safdarjung India
Dozens seeking cancer treatment were turned away from Safdarjung Hospital in India as the Atomic Energy Regulatory Board (AERB) shut down the hospital’s radiotherapy department. According to AERB regulations, hospitals cannot administer radiation therapy without a Radiation Safety Officer (RSO). Although Safdarjung Hospital already had an RSO, the AERB did not recognize her because she submitted her application for renewal in print while the AERB had transitioned to an online system. Until the RSO resubmits her application online, the hospital must direct all new cancer patients—upward of 120 each week—to one of three other government hospitals that offer cancer care.
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What performance testing has been done on the device?
RadTarge II D700 Manufacturer testing China Metrology Certification (CMC) Type test by National Institute of Metrology, China Performance test by China Shipbuilding Industry Corporation 719 Research Institute Calibration test by Radiation Detection Company (RDC) RadPavise Manufacturer testing China Metrology Certification (CMC) Type test by Jiangsu Institute of Metrology Performance test by China Shipbuilding Industry Corporation 719 Research Institute Awarded Gold Medal in the 41st Geneva International Exhibitions of Inventions in April 2013
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