BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//KnowAFest//Campus Events//EN BEGIN:VEVENT UID:eventsphere-53798@www.knowafest.com DTSTAMP:20261008T125440Z DTSTART:20190226T183000Z DTEND:20190227T182959Z SUMMARY:One day National Workshop on Health hazards of Radiation and Advanc ements in Radiation Shielding Methods HRA 2019 LOCATION:Dr NGP Institute of Technology\, Coimbatore DESCRIPTION:

Over the past years a great deal of concern has been express ed about the toxicity of lead. Human lead toxicity in children as well as adults is well documented. There are also reports on the need for correcti ve measures due to corrosion of lead sheets when lead is used for structur al shielding. These shocking facts steered researchers to look for alterna tive anti-radiation materials. Other materials such as steel in paraffin/p oly-ethylene\, hydrogen\, silicon or carbon\, boron and depleted uranium w ere proposed for anti-radiation protection. These materials are not easy t o be processed\, relatively expensive and not abundant\; some others are e xpected to cause cancer like depleted uranium. Based on the above mentione d facts\, production of cheap environment friendly non-toxic lead-free rad iation shields which provide less weight compared to conventional lead-bas ed shields remains a challenging issue in radiation protection.

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