Published 1999 | Version v1
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A century later. The radioactivity. The influence of a discovery

Creators

  • 1. Paris-11 Univ., 91 - Orsay (France). Inst. de Physique Nucleaire
  • 2. Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), 91 - Gif-sur-Yvette (France)
  • 3. Paris-5 Univ., 75 (France)
  • 4. Hopital Cochin, 75 - Paris (France)
  • 5. CEA Direction de la Communication (DCOM), 75 - Paris (France)
  • 6. Ministere des Affaires Etrangeres, 75 - Paris (France)

Description

From the discovery of radioactivity by Henri Becquerel in 1896, it is a century of radioactivity utilisation that it is produced here. The radioactivity history and its famous actors are related here and all the uses that have been made from radioactivity, in so different areas are detailed too. Nuclear power, nuclear medicine, dating, the promise of nuclear fusion are gathered to explain what nuclear energy means. (N.C.)

Additional details

Additional titles

Original title (French)
Cent ans apres. La radioactivite. Le rayonnement d'une decouverte

Publishing Information

Publisher
EDP Sciences
Imprint Place
Paris (France)
ISBN
2-86883-430-2; 2-86883-431-0
Imprint Pagination
223 p.

INIS

Country of Publication
France
Country of Input or Organization
France
INIS RN
31011993
Subject category
S99: GENERAL AND MISCELLANEOUS;
Descriptors DEI
BIOLOGICAL RADIATION EFFECTS; DOSIMETRY; EL-1 REACTOR; FAST NEUTRONS; HISTORICAL ASPECTS; IMAGE PROCESSING; IONIZING RADIATIONS; ITER TOKAMAK; LOW DOSE IRRADIATION; NUCLEAR ENERGY; NUCLEAR MEDICINE; OKLO PHENOMENON; PLUTONIUM; PWR TYPE REACTORS; RADIATION PROTECTION; RADIOACTIVE WASTES; RADIOACTIVITY; RADIOBIOLOGY; RADIOIMMUNOTHERAPY; RADIOISOTOPES; RADIOTHERAPY; RADIUM; RADON; SCINTISCANNING; THERMONUCLEAR REACTIONS; TRACER TECHNIQUES; URANIUM
Descriptors DEC
ACTINIDES; ALKALINE EARTH METALS; BARYONS; BIOLOGICAL EFFECTS; BIOLOGY; CLOSED PLASMA DEVICES; COUNTING TECHNIQUES; DIAGNOSTIC TECHNIQUES; ELEMENTARY PARTICLES; ELEMENTS; ENERGY; ENRICHED URANIUM REACTORS; EXPERIMENTAL REACTORS; FERMIONS; FLUIDS; GASES; HADRONS; HEAVY WATER COOLED REACTORS; HEAVY WATER MODERATED REACTORS; IMMUNOTHERAPY; IRRADIATION; IRRADIATION REACTORS; ISOTOPE APPLICATIONS; ISOTOPE PRODUCTION REACTORS; ISOTOPES; MATERIALS; MEDICINE; METALS; NATURAL NUCLEAR REACTORS; NATURAL URANIUM REACTORS; NEUTRONS; NONMETALS; NUCLEAR REACTIONS; NUCLEONS; NUCLEOSYNTHESIS; POWER REACTORS; PROCESSING; RADIATION EFFECTS; RADIATIONS; RADIOACTIVE MATERIALS; RADIOISOTOPE SCANNING; RADIOTHERAPY; RARE GASES; REACTORS; RESEARCH AND TEST REACTORS; RESEARCH REACTORS; SYNTHESIS; TANK TYPE REACTORS; THERAPY; THERMAL REACTORS; THERMONUCLEAR DEVICES; THERMONUCLEAR REACTORS; TOKAMAK DEVICES; TOKAMAK TYPE REACTORS; TRANSURANIUM ELEMENTS; WASTES; WATER COOLED REACTORS; WATER MODERATED REACTORS