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Name the three types of ionising radiation.

Why are alpha particles the least penetrating ionising radiation?

What is needed to stop gamma radiation?

Give two man made sources of background radiation.

Explain how ionising radiation is dangerous to the body.

What units are radioactive doses measured in?

Give three uses of nuclear radiation in industry and medicine.

Explain how the process of nuclear fission can be used to generate electricity.

Explain how the chain reaction is controlled in a nuclear reactor.

What is nuclear fusion?