There are two main applications in agricultural production: mutation breeding food irradiation treatment
The application of nuclear technology in medicine mainly includes X-ray diagnosis, clinical nuclear medicine, radiation oncology treatment, etc. X-ray diagnosis has been the most commonly used equipment in modern hospitals to carry out health checks. Commonly used X-ray fluoroscopy and X-ray film. The use of X-rays to penetrate the human body and carry out in vivo fluoroscopy and film, thus helping doctors to diagnose the condition and improve the quality of medical treatment.
The use of radiation irradiation to destroy the fertility of male mosquitoes in the laboratory of Sun Yat-sen University is an application of nuclear technology.
Radiation technology also holds great promise in urban sludge treatment, with nearly 40 plants treating sewage with radiation technology.