Potential exposure

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Exposure that is not expected to be delivered with certainty but that may result from an accident at a source or an event or sequence of events of a probabilistic nature, including equipment failures and operating errors.

(Adapted from ICRP Publication 103, 2007)

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from ICRP Publication 103, 2007

Exposure that is not expected to occur with certainty but may result from an accident or malicious act at a source, or an event or sequence of events of a probabilistic nature, including equipment failures and operating errors.