Sane istimewa ring pengolahan ajeng-ajengan antuk radiasi pengion punika sane yukti nyihnayang wenten kepadatan energi nyabran transisi atom akeh pisan, prasida melahang molekul taler nginduksi ionisasi (santukan punika wastan nyane) sane nenten prasida kapanggihang wantah antuk pemanasan kemanten.
The specialty of processing food by ionizing radiation is the fact, that the energy density per atomic transition is very high, it can cleave molecules and induce ionization (hence the name) which cannot be achieved by mere heating.