Radiation Safety Basics
This passive device is used to record occupational radiation exposure to workers
What is a dosimeter or radiation badge?
This famous couple discovered Polonium in 1898
Who are Pierre and Marie Curie?
This rad worker is ambidextrious
Who is Sophia?
This event involved the first combat use of a nuclear weapon in 1945
What is the Atomic Bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki?
This indy band released the song titled "Radioactive" in 2012
Who is Imagine Dragons?
Name this symbol which is a warning sign of ionizing radiation
What is a trefoil?
This German physicist discovered x-rays on November 8, 1895
Who is Wilhelm Rontgen?
This rad worker once performed on stage as an extra with the San Antonio Opera
Who is Matt?
This is the only Level 7 major radiation accident (occurred in 1986)
What is Chernobyl?
This animated character worked in a nuclear power plant
Who is Homer Simpson?
This survey device is found in research labs and is typically used to detect beta and gamma contamination
What is a Geiger-Mueller meter?
This French physicist, also a unit for measuring activity, was the first person to discover radioactivity in 1896
Who is Henri Becquerel?
This rad worker was valedictorian of their high school class
Who is Kate?
This accident in Japan occurred on March 11, 2011 directly after an earthquake which resulted in a tsunami
What is Fukushima?
This fruit is slightly radioactive due its potassium content
What are bananas?
This guiding principle for radiation safety – ALARA – is an acronym for what phrase
What is As Low As Reasonably Achievable?
This isotope was used in the early 1900s to paint dials on watches due to its radioluminescence characteristics
What is radium?
This rad worker volunteered in a zoo herpetarium in high school
Who is Jennifer?
This radioactive contamination accident occurred in 1987 after an abandoned radiotherapy source was stolen in Brazil
What is the Goiania accident?
This famous composer suffered and died from lead poisoning
Who is Ludwig van Beethoven?
These are the three principles that are used to reduce the amount of exposure when working around radiation
What are time, distance, and shielding?
This cell line was discovered in 1951 when Henrietta Lacks was treated with radium tube inserts
What are HeLa cells?
This rad worker's hobby is painting
Who is Michelle?
This accident occurred on March 28, 1979 and was deemed the worst US nuclear reactor accident
What is Three Mile Island?
Jane Fonda and Michael Douglas starred in this movie which was a fictional depiction of a nuclear meltdown
What is the China Syndrome?