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11 August 2021
Source-related assessment
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Source-related assessment
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Sealed source
Created page with "100px|frameless|right|link=ICRP Glossary A radioactive source in which the radioactive material is permanently sealed in a capsule or closely bond..."
Source-related assessment
Created page with "100px|frameless|right|link=ICRP Glossary A radioactive source in which the radioactive material is permanently sealed in a capsule or closely bond..."
Region
Created page with "100px|frameless|right|link=ICRP Glossary A group of countries usually defined by geographical proximity and/or cultural similarities that agree t..."
Safety
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Safety
Created page with "100px|frameless|right|link=ICRP Glossary Lorem ipsum... (Adapted from ICRP Publication 135, 2017) '''Return to Glossary'''..."
Reference value
Created page with "100px|frameless|right|link=ICRP Glossary The value of a parameter recommended by the Commission for use in a bio- kinetic model in the absence of..."
Redox
Created page with "100px|frameless|right|link=ICRP Glossary Oxidation–reduction reactions that describe chemical reactions in which atoms have their oxidation numb..."
Radon-prone area
Created page with "100px|frameless|right|link=ICRP Glossary A geographic area or an administrative region defined on the basis of surveys indicating a significantl..."
Radon progeny
Created page with "100px|frameless|right|link=ICRP Glossary Short-lived radioactive decay products of radon-222. In the context of radon exposure, the following prog..."
Radiological attack
Created page with "100px|frameless|right|link=ICRP Glossary Deliberate and malicious use of radioactive material intended to cause harm to individuals and/or communi..."
Radioactive waste
Created page with "100px|frameless|right|link=ICRP Glossary Radioactive material in gaseous, liquid, or solid form for which no further use is foreseen. Controls for..."
Protection quantities
Created page with "100px|frameless|right|link=ICRP Glossary Dose quantities which the Commission has developed for radiological protection, and that allow quantifica..."
Principles of protection
Created page with "100px|frameless|right|link=ICRP Glossary A set of principles that apply to radiation sources and to the individual in controllable exposure situat..."
Practice
Created page with "100px|frameless|right|link=ICRP Glossary Human activities that increase the exposure of individuals or the number of individuals so exposed either..."
Optimisation of protection
Created page with "100px|frameless|right|link=ICRP Glossary The likelihood of incurring exposure the number of people exposed and the magnitude of their individual d..."
Collective dose
Created page with "100px|frameless|right|link=ICRP Glossary An expression for the aggregate radiation dose incurred by a population defined as the product of the nu..."
Potential exposure
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Operating management
Created page with "100px|frameless|right|link=ICRP Glossary The person or group of persons that directs, controls, and assesses an organisation at the highest level...."
Occupancy factor
Created page with "100px|frameless|right|link=ICRP Glossary The fraction of time for which a location is occupied by an individual or group. (Adapted from IAEA Glo..."
Nominal value
Created page with "100px|frameless|right|link=ICRP Glossary A value taken to be a representation of an actual value. Such a value is not precisely known and is inten..."
National radon survey
Created page with "100px|frameless|right|link=ICRP Glossary A survey undertaken to determine the radon concentration distribution that is representative of radon exp..."
Licensee
Created page with "100px|frameless|right|link=ICRP Glossary The holder of a current legal document issued by the regulatory body granting authorisation to perform sp..."
Intervention
Created page with "100px|frameless|right|link=ICRP Glossary Any action intended to reduce or avert exposure or the likelihood of exposure in emergency or existing ex..."
ICRU sphere
Created page with "100px|frameless|right|link=ICRP Glossary The ICRU sphere is a 30-cm tissue-equivalent (ICRU 4-element tissue) sphere. (Adapted from ICRP Public..."
ICRU 4-element tissue
Created page with "100px|frameless|right|link=ICRP Glossary ICRU 4-element tissue has a density of 1 g cm^(-3), and a mass composition of 76.2% oxygen, 11.1% carbon,..."
Ground-level enhancement
Created page with "100px|frameless|right|link=ICRP Glossary Significant elevation in radiation levels at the Earth’s surface due to cosmic rays emitted by solar fl..."
Frequent flyer
Created page with "100px|frameless|right|link=ICRP Glossary A person who travels regularly by aircraft, for personal reasons or professional duties, and who may be r..."
Exposed individuals
Created page with "100px|frameless|right|link=ICRP Glossary A person who has been, or is to be, exposed to radiation. The Commission distinguishes between three cate..."
Exclusion
Created page with "100px|frameless|right|link=ICRP Glossary The deliberate omission of a particular type of exposure from the scope of regulatory control on the basi..."
Evacuation
Created page with "100px|frameless|right|link=ICRP Glossary The rapid, temporary removal of people from an area to avoid or reduce short term radiation exposure in a..."
Designated area
Created page with "100px|frameless|right|link=ICRP Glossary An area that is either ‘controlled’ or ‘supervised’. (Adapted from ICRP Publication 103, 200..."
Derived consideration reference level
Created page with "100px|frameless|right|link=ICRP Glossary A dose rate above which there is, for a given taxonomic class, a defined chance of deleterious effects of..."
Derived limit
Created page with "100px|frameless|right|link=ICRP Glossary A limit on a measurable quantity set, on the basis of a model, such that compliance with the derived limi..."
Derived reference level
Created page with "100px|frameless|right|link=ICRP Glossary Numerical value expressed in an operational or measurable quantity corresponding to the reference level s..."
Cosmic radiation
Created page with "100px|frameless|right|link=ICRP Glossary Ionising radiation that consists of high-energy particles, primarily atomic nuclei, of extra-terrestrial..."
Containment
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Containment
Created page with "100px|frameless|right|link=ICRP Glossary Ionising radiation that consists of high-energy particles, primarily atomic nuclei, of extra-terrestrial..."
Concentration ratio
Created page with "100px|frameless|right|link=ICRP Glossary The ratio of the activity concentration of a radionuclide within an organism (or one specific tissue of t..."
Clearance
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Backscatter detection system
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Accreditation
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Compartment (environmental)
Created page with "100px|frameless|right|link=ICRP Glossary A representation of a material with (relatively) homogeneous properties (e.g. soil, sediment, air, organi..."
Commissioning
Created page with "100px|frameless|right|link=ICRP Glossary Testing carried out after new equipment has been installed in order to verify that the equipment is prope..."
Clearance
Created page with "100px|frameless|right|link=ICRP Glossary Removal of radioactive materials or radioactive objects within authorised practices from any further cont..."
Backscatter detection system
Created page with "100px|frameless|right|link=ICRP Glossary A security screening device using ionising radiation by measuring the radiation scattered from an object..."
Allometry
Created page with "100px|frameless|right|link=ICRP Glossary Relationship between the body mass of an organism and selected (physiological) parameters (e.g. radionucl..."
Additional dose
Created page with "100px|frameless|right|link=ICRP Glossary For planned exposure situations the ‘additional dose’ would be added to the existing dose, which can..."
Active detection system
Created page with "100px|frameless|right|link=ICRP Glossary A security screening device using radiation to activate the object being screened that in turn causes rad..."