Context:
According to the latest update, Radiation Detection Equipment (RDE) will be installed at eight land crossing points along India's borders with Pakistan, Bangladesh, Myanmar and Nepal to check the trafficking of radioactive materials for its possible use in making nuclear devices.
What is Radiation Detection Equipment (RDE)?
What is Dosimetry? Science or technique of determining radiation dose; can be done in real time or retrospectively |
About the update:
Radionuclides (or radioactive materials) are a class of chemicals where the nucleus of the atom is unstable. They achieve stability through changes in the nucleus (spontaneous fission, emission of alpha particles, or conversion of neutrons to protons or the reverse). |
Applications of Radioactive Materials:
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