An online course about particle accelerators.
What have particle accelerators ever done for us? Article published in Physics World.
Applications of Particle Accelerators in Europe: A report by the EuCARD-2 collaboration (also available at http://apae.ific.uv.es/apae/ ). Page 16 onward deals with « accelerators and health ».
About medical applications
Book: « Particle Accelerators: From Big Bang Physics to Hadron Therapy » by Ugo Amaldi. Reference here.
Material from the IAEA
- Overview of radioisotopes and their uses: https://world-nuclear.org/information-library/non-power-nuclear-applications/radioisotopes-research.aspx
- Cyclotron Produced Radionuclides: Principles and Practice: https://www-pub.iaea.org/MTCD/Publications/PDF/trs465_web.pdf
- What are particle accelerators: https://www.iaea.org/bulletin/what-are-particle-accelerators-0
Material about the applications of accelerators to the environment
- Applications of Particle Accelerators in Europe: A report by the EuCARD-2 collaboration (also available at http://apae.ific.uv.es/apae/ ). Page 56 deals with accelerators for the environment.
- « Uses and applications of radiation processing » describes several applications of accelerators for the environment.
- Industrial irradiation: https://www.iaea.org/bulletin/industrial-irradiation-for-a-better-world
- Radiation treatment of wastewater: https://www-pub.iaea.org/MTCD/Publications/PDF/te_1598_web.pdf
- Plastic pollution: https://www.iaea.org/bulletin/plastic-pollution