Hex Nut Advantage

The Hex Nut Story

Our solution saves your back and lowers your exposure.

Unit Dose PET Pigs have a unique hex nut on the base. All PET Pigs are encased in polycarbonate. No exposed lead – safe for automatic washing systems.

Unit Dose PET Pigs have a unique hex nut on the base. All PET Pigs are encased in polycarbonate. No exposed lead – safe for automatic washing systems.

Mounted hex-shaped plate to facilitate one-handed loading
and unloading of pigs.

One-handed operation - using forceps remove the syringe and assay the dose. Place the dose in a PET syringe shield.
Note: The syringe shield is ready on a holder mounted to the chamber shield.

Place the syringe shield in the Manual Dose Injector.

Finally, place
the Manual Dose Injector on the Compact Adjustable Height Radiation Shield.

The hex nut facilitates one-handed opening and closing of the pig, thereby reducing hand exposure.

Badge Processing: Mail-in Information

How to return your mail-in x-ray badges for normal or emergency processing.

The History of Radiation

Our understanding of radiation comes from a long history of research, involving some of the brightest minds and famous names of their times. Find out how the understanding of radiation and what it could do evolved from the discovery of a new kind of “ray” to one of the strongest power sources (and powerful weapons) known.

Radiation vs. Contamination

Putting to rest the myth that being exposed to radiation, such as medical X-Rays, somehow makes you radioactive yourself. We discuss the difference between radiation and radioactivity, and what makes something “contaminated.”

Uses of Radiation

Radiation isn’t something to be universally feared, necessarily. There are various ways in which radioactive material is used to shape the modern world and improve the lives of people in it. These are some of them.

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