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JOAN CARTAN-HANSEN,

HOST: NUCLEAR TECHNOLOGY GETS

USED IN LOTS OF DIFFERENT WAYS.

SMOKE DETECTORS WORK BY USING A

SMALL AMOUNT OF RADIOACTIVE

MATERIAL TO IDENTIFY SMOKE

PARTICLES.

SOME FOODS ARE IRRADIATED TO

KEEP THEM FROM SPOILING.

SOME BUILDERS USE NEUTRON BEAMS

TO LOOK INSIDE METAL STRUCTURES.

DOCTORS USE RADIOACTIVE MATERIAL

TO DIAGNOSE DISEASES AND TO KILL

CANCER CELLS.

GAMMA RADIATION IS USED TO

STERILIZE MEDICAL PRODUCTS THAT

WOULD BE DAMAGED BY HEAT

STERILIZATION.

SCIENTISTS USE NATURALLY

OCCURING RADIOACTIVE MATERIAL TO

CARBON DATE OR TO FIND THE AGE

OF AN ANCIENT DISCOVERIES.

EVEN SPACE CRAFTS USE

RADIOACTIVE MATERIAL IN

SCIENTIFIC DEVICES AND FOR

ELECTRICITY AND HEAT.

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