Prototyping of Radioactive Sources

Nuclear energy is currently regarded as the mainstay of energy sources in order to meet the energy needs of society in the future. Avoid the use of nuclear energy from an energy crisis due to the depletion of fossil energy has been used. In the development of technology, accidentally produced the source - the source of radiation for various purposes of use in various fields such as medicine, agriculture, transportation, mining, etc.. Source - the source of radiation is present in various forms such as X rays, radionuclides, irradiator, the source of neutrons, atomic reactors and particle counter instrument. Until recently many of the manufacturing process of radioactive nuclides with atomic reactors or particle accelerators such as the accelerator and cyclotron.


Although the benefits of nuclear technology so much, but on the other hand, nuclear technology is more widely known than the negative side of the bright side. For example, people understand that only a limited understanding of the nuclear bomb, one of the causes of the limited public knowledge about nuclear because of the use / benefits of nuclear technology has not been popular in the community so that the required early recognition of the use / utilization of nuclear technology. In order to correctional use / utilization of nuclear technology, one of them pursued through education. In this case students need to be introduced to sources of nuclear radiation and its utilization.

Department of Physics at the Faculty UNNES there are types of lab work that aims to equip students to know the source of nuclear radiation and its utilization. One of the obstacles faced was the unavailability of adequate sources of radiation, radiation sources are very low activity of 50 cpm. While the provision of the original source of nuclear radiation required a long and bureaucratic permitting process is not easy, in addition to storage of nuclear radiation source required radiation protection was planned well. The absence of adequate sources of radiation cause this type of practice can not take place, something like this if not immediately then look for alternative solutions will reduce the quality of students produced UNNES Physics Department Faculty.

Based on the above it is deemed necessary by the title of the research conducted Prototyping Radioactive Sources From Abu Kaos petromaks light.