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Radiation Sources

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Glossary

Absorbed dose:

A general term for the energy transferred from radiation to matter. Specifically, the absorbed dose is the amount of energy absorbed in a unit mass of matter from ionizing radiation. Units are the gray (Gy) and rad, respectively, equivalent to 1 J/kg and 100 ergs/g. Thus, 1 Gy equals 100 rad.

Activity:

The decay rate (expected number of nuclear transformations per unit time) in a radioactive sample. Units are the becquerel (Bq) equal to one decay per second, and the curie (Ci) equal to 3.7 × 1010 decays per second.

Alpha particle:

The nucleus of a 4He atom, composed of two neutrons and two protons and denoted by α.

Committed dose:

The dose equivalent accumulated over the rest of a person’s life following the ingestion or inhalation of radioactive material into the body.

Coulomb force:

The electrostatic force between two charges. It is proportional to the product of the charges and inversely proportional to the square of the distance between them. The force is...

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  1. Department of Mechanical and Nuclear Engineering, Kansas State University, Manhattan, KS, USA

    Richard E. Faw & J. Kenneth Shultis

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Faw, R.E., Shultis, J.K. (2018). Radiation Sources. In: Tsoulfanidis, N. (eds) Nuclear Energy. Encyclopedia of Sustainability Science and Technology Series. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4939-6618-9_15

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