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According to testimony submitted to a June 2014 Senate homeland security committee hearing, in 2001 Customs and Border Patrol had none of the big scanners - known as radiation portal monitors - that spot radiological hazards.
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Anti-terrorism units, called maritime safety and security teams, carry out port-safety patrols and are trained to operate after an attack by chemical, biological or radiological means.
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J.J. Sarah Leffel is a chemical, biological, radiological and nuclear specialist — the military equivalent to someone working in hazardous materials.
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J.J. Sarah Leffel is a chemical, biological, radiological and nuclear specialist — the military equivalent to someone working in hazardous materials.
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Chemical, biological and radiological threats have been in headlines recently and companies have brought many solutions to tackle these challenges from detection devices through to protective clothing.
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Bloomberg Businessweek wrote in 2015 about a spate of malware infections at hospitals where radiological machines, blood-gas analyzers and other devices were compromised and used to siphon off the personal data of patients.
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Employment for radiological and MRI technologists is expected to grow 9 percent through 2024, with annual median wages running between $57,450 and $68,420.
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There has been no radiological contamination reported from the Tuesday collapse, U.S. Department of Energy officials said Wednesday.
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First Known Use of radiological
1905
Medical Dictionary
radiological
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adjective
ra·dio·log·i·cal
\ˌrād-ē-ə-ˈläj-i-kəl\
Medical Definition of radiological
1: of or relating to radiology radiological treatment
2: of or relating to especially nuclear radiation radiological physics; specifically : producing or capable of producing casualties by nuclear radiation radiological hazards
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