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radiation shielding

Energy; Nuclear energy

Reduction of radiation by interposing a shield of absorbing material between any radioactive source and a person, work area, or radiation-sensitive device.

radiation detection instrument

Energy; Nuclear energy

A device that detects and displays the characteristics of ionizing radiation.

radiation area

Energy; Nuclear energy

Any area with radiation levels greater than 5 millirems (0. 05 millisievert) in one hour at 30 centimeters from the source or from any surface through which the radiation ...

radiation absorbed dose (Rad)

Energy; Nuclear energy

One of the two units used to measure the amount of radiation absorbed by an object or person, known as the “absorbed dose,” which reflects the amount of energy that radioactive ...

quantum theory

Energy; Nuclear energy

The concept that energy is radiated intermittently in units of definite magnitude, called quanta, and absorbed in a like manner.

quality factor

Energy; Nuclear energy

The factor by which the absorbed dose (rad or gray) is to be multiplied to obtain a quantity that expresses, on a common scale for all ionizing radiation, the biological damage ...

public dose

Energy; Nuclear energy

The dose received by a member of the public from exposure to radiation or to radioactive material released by a licensee, or to any other source of radiation under the control of ...