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.