1. Presentation of Kalinin Igor
RADIATION
Presentation of Kalinin Igor

2. Radiation is when energy moves through space away from a source.
What is radiation?
Radiation is when energy moves through space away from a source.
A fact:
Radiation is one of the best understood parts of physics.

3. No What causes radiation?
Radioactive decays
Nuclear reactions
Acceleration of particles in space
Can radiation that is produced by environment affect us in a bad way? No

4. Can radiation affect us if it’s being used improperly by humans?
Indeed it can
Examples?
Chernobyl
Disaster
Fukushima nuclear disaster

5. Anything that we, ordinary people can do about bad use of radiation?
Not much, however, there is a question – should we even try?
Easy way of getting massive amounts of energy
Allows cancer treatment
Is used for X-Rays
Radiation can be really useful and safe in the right hands, but at the same time possesses a great danger to every living thing on the planet.

6. Thanks for listening.
2011