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  1. What are Radioactive Sources? | IAEA

    Jul 17, 2024 · Today, radionuclides artificially produced in nuclear facilities and accelerators, including Caesium-137, Colbalt-60, and Iridium-192, are extensively used. Around the world, …

  2. Radionuclide therapy, how it works | IAEA

    Feb 28, 2024 · How the therapy works The biological action of a radiopharmaceutical is determined by the form of ionizing radiation emitted by the radionuclide. While imaging …

  3. LiveChart of Nuclides – Advanced version | International Atomic …

    LiveChart is an interactive chart that presents the nuclear structure and decay properties of all known nuclides through a user-friendly graphical interface. Most of the accessible data are …

  4. Exposure due to Radionuclides in Food Other than During a …

    Radionuclides of both natural and human made origin exist throughout the environment. These radionuclides can be transferred to plants and animals that are consumed by humans, thereby …

  5. Criteria for Radionuclide Activity Concentrations for Food and …

    This publication considers the various international standards to be applied at the national level for the assessment of levels of radionuclides in food and in drinking water in different …

  6. Radioisotopes | IAEA

    Aug 5, 2025 · The quality of each and every radionuclide is a key factor for its development and application in medicine or industry. Producing high-quality radionuclides requires expertise and …

  7. Naturally occurring radioactive material - International Atomic …

    Radionuclides of natural origin contained in or released from process materials may pose a risk to workers, public or the environment. These radioactive elements in minerals and ores originally …

  8. Food and drink - International Atomic Energy Agency

    Artificial radionuclides in food and drinking water are mostly present only in small amounts. They can originate from the fallout of past nuclear weapons tests, from the safe, authorized …

  9. Nuclear Medicine | IAEA

    Nuclear medicine uses radionuclides in medicine for diagnosis, staging of disease, therapy and monitoring the response of a disease process. It is also used in the basic sciences such as …

  10. With the discovery of radiation and radionuclides for use in medicine, doctors now have more diverse and efective prevention, diagnostic and treatment options to ofer their patients.