Radiation Trivia

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Across
  1. 2. What isotope is most commonly used for HDR?
  2. 5. This radioactive element was once used in linear accelerators and is also the name of a car
  3. 8. Group who sings the song "Radioactive"
  4. 10. Reptiles who were exposed to radioactive ooze in the sewer (hint: there were 4 of them)
  5. 13. Unit of measure for the amount of ionizing radiation absorbed by a material
  6. 15. The rotations around the 3 axes of the human body used for positioning are pitch, roll and ______.
  7. 17. The device that measures the amount of radiation a person has been exposed to
  8. 18. Marvel character that transformed after being exposed to gamma radiation
Down
  1. 1. Cerrobend is made up of lead, tin, cadmium and what other element?
  2. 3. The name of this type of radiation therapy was derived from the Greek word that means "short"
  3. 4. What does MV stand for?
  4. 6. Marie Curie and her husband discovered Radium in 1898. What was her husband's name?
  5. 7. The middle name of the German engineer and physicist who discovered x-rays
  6. 9. Netflix series that came out in 2019 about a nuclear power plant meltdown in the Ukraine.
  7. 11. Radiation particle that is used to treat shallow or superficial areas like the skin
  8. 12. The 3 principles of ALARA are time, distance and _____?
  9. 14. In the early 1900's, radiation was used to treat what benign skin condition?
  10. 16. What fashion accessory used to contain trace amounts of radiation to give it a glow-in-the-dark effect?