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wipe sample

Energy; Nuclear energy

A sample made for the purpose of determining the presence of removable radioactive contamination on a surface. It is done by wiping, with slight pressure, a piece of soft filter ...

whole-body exposure

Energy; Nuclear energy

Whole body exposure includes at least the external exposure, head, trunk, arms above the elbow, or legs above the knee. Where a radioisotope is uniformly distributed throughout ...

whole-body counter

Energy; Nuclear energy

A device used to identify and measure the radioactive material in the body of human beings and animals. It uses heavy shielding to keep out naturally existing background radiation ...

wheeling service

Energy; Nuclear energy

The movement of electricity from one system to another over transmission facilities of intervening systems. Wheeling service contracts can be established between two or more ...

weighting factor (WT)

Energy; Nuclear energy

Multipliers of the equivalent dose to an organ or tissue used for radiation protection purposes to account for different sensitivities of different organs and tissues to the ...

well-logging

Energy; Nuclear energy

All operations involving the lowering and raising of measuring devices or tools that contain licensed nuclear material or are used to detect licensed nuclear materials in wells ...

watt

Energy; Nuclear energy

A unit of power (in the international system of units) defined as the consumption or conversion of one joule of energy per second. In electricity, a watt is equal to current (in ...