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Terms related to radiation and its hazards.
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Half value layer
Environment; Radiation hazards
The thickness of any given absorber (shield) that will reduce the intensity of incident radiation to one half of its initial value.
Geiger-Mueller counter (GM)
Environment; Radiation hazards
A radiation detection instrument that can detect alpha, beta and gamma radiation; response is not energy dependent.
Eye dose equivalent
Environment; Radiation hazards
Applies to the external exposure of the lens of the eye and is taken as the dose equivalent at a tissue depth of 0. 3 cm.
Health physics
Environment; Radiation hazards
The science concerned with recognition, evaluation, and control of health hazards from non-ionizing and ionising radiation.
Gamma ray
Environment; Radiation hazards
Relatively short wavelength electromagnetic radiation released from the nucleus of an atom.
External dose
Environment; Radiation hazards
The portion of the dose equivalent received from radiation sources outside the body.
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