#1 No method of radiography causes the target to become radioactive, this would be stupid #2 There certainly are industrial X-Ray tubes that run off electricity and penetrate thick metal What this device seems to do is produce the "hard" x-ray beams that are normally obtained by using radioactive source elements such as Ir-192. this would be good since working with radioactive source material can be more dangerous than traditional x-ray tubes since there is no way to turn off a radioactive element in case of an accident.
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#1 No method of radiography causes the target to become radioactive, this would be stupid
#2 There certainly are industrial X-Ray tubes that run off electricity and penetrate thick metal
What this device seems to do is produce the "hard" x-ray beams that are normally obtained by using radioactive source elements such as Ir-192. this would be good since working with radioactive source material can be more dangerous than traditional x-ray tubes since there is no way to turn off a radioactive element in case of an accident.