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1
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True count rate in a GM tube given its dead time

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Concentration of a radionuclide in a living organism based on intake of a radionuclide from a secondary source

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Nominal ocular hazard distance

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The intrabeam axial distance from the laser to the exposed individual’s eyes beyond which the exposure would be less than the MPE.

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4
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Standard deviation of net count rate

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Intake of an airborne radionuclide

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Dose rate given activity, emission information, and an attenuating material.

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7
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Calculate the number of beam particles per second that are available to interact with an accelerator target

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Calculation

Energy of a photon

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Activity of a material that has been activated by a neutron flux.

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10
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Steady state indoor radon concentration (from a floor source emanating radon)

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The number of transformations of a radionuclide in a source organ per unit of activity taken into the body.

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Extrapolation

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13
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Average power assumed to be delivered to an observer

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14
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Electric field strength (E)

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15
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Define the situation that creates Secular Equilibrium (case 1).

Calculate the number of daughter atoms (ND).

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The parent has a huge half-life, but the daughter has a small half-life.

λD >> λP

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16
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Dose rate from exposure rate

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17
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Exposure to short-lived radon progeny in working level months per year

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18
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Number of ion pairs produced in an ion chamber.

Charge deposited in an ion chamber.

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19
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Specific activity

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20
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Alpha particle’s range in air (E < 4 MeV)

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Rα = 0.56E

Rα = range in cm of air at 1 atm and 15°C.

E = energy (MeV)

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21
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Annual collective effective dose in the control room of an accelerator facility.

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22
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Airborne activity (correcting for radon activity) in a downwind location from a fire in a facility containing plutonium.

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23
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Attenuation/transmission of primary X-ray beam from shielding of medical/dental facilities.

(NCRP 145/147)

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24
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Gain of a microwave antenna

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25
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Observed gross count rate measuring beta-emitting particles near work activities presenting an airborne hazard

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26
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Fraction of energy converted to photons via bremsstrahlung

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27
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DAC level in an isolated room where there was an inadvertent release of source material

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28
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The rate a radionuclide is being introduced into the atmosphere as a leak from the reactor coolant system.

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29
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Unshielded absorbed dose rate in rad hr-1 from a shipping container emitting gamma radiation

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30
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Dose to an organ over a period of time following a beta-emitter uptake in (µCi g-1)

(0.511 shortcut)

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31
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Maximum power output given exposure time, MPE, and beam diameter

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32
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Optimize gross and background counting times

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33
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Number of pulses per second

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34
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Risk of death using the relative risk model

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35
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Exposure rate in a free-air ionization chamber

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36
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How do you calculate far field power density (W) for a microwave antenna?

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37
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Thumb Rule

Exposure rate using the 6CEN rule

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38
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Describe / Calculate

Type II Error

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  • Falsely concluding activity is less than the physically significant activity (PSA) when there is in fact activity actually present.
  • Occurs with a probability β (typically 5%).
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39
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MDA at a 95% confidence level

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40
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Neutron dose equivalent in rem received by a technician during a criticality incident

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41
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Define / Calculate

Type I Error

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  • Falsely concluding activity is present in a sample above the established physically significant activity (PSA) when in fact the activity is zero.
  • Occurs with a probability α (typically 5%).
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42
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Intake Retention Factor

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43
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Internal dose to an individual who consumes contaminated fish from a river contaminated by an effluent with radionuclides

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44
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Define the situation that creates No Equilibrium (case 3).

Calculate the number of daughter atoms (ND).

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The parent half-life is shorter than the daughter half-life.

λD < λP

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45
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The activity of the parent radionuclide in the source organ

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46
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Beta particle’s range in air (E > 2.5 MeV)

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Rβ = 530E - 106

Rβ = range in mg cm-2

E = max energy (MeV)

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47
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State the equation to calculate activity (A).

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48
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Demonstrate the effect of environmental changes on a free-air ionization chamber

49
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Standard deviation for activity

50
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Define and Calculate

Relative risk

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Relative risk ⇒ Measure of association in cohort studies.

51
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Define and Calculate

Excess relative risk

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# * Define ⇒ Percentage change in risk.
* Ratio of the excess risk of a specified effect to the probability of the same effect in the unexposed population.

ERR = RR – 1

  • Note ⇒ “Minus 1” because you are removing 100% of the unexposed population from the total (exposed and unexposed) population.
52
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Number of expected fatal cancers (given a population and HE)

53
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Internal dose for an individual who walks on contaminated soil from plutonium ground depositions.

54
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Standard deviation in background count rate

55
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Surface deposition of an airborne radionuclide

56
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Define and Calculate

Absorbed dose

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Average energy (ϵ) absorbed in a volume element of a material divided by the mass (m) of that material.

57
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Population variance

58
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CEDE from an intake “q” based on ALI

59
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Estimated radon progeny activity concentration in a room given source count rate and sampling information (e.g., flow rate, filter retention, sample time).

60
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Dose rate from a plane source

61
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Calculate

Effective removal rate constant of a radionuclide in a ventilated room

62
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Define and Calculate

Emerging irradiance from a laser

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The energy emitted at the surface where the beam exits the laser unit

63
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Average power of a microwave antenna

64
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Define and Calculate

Excess absolute risk

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  • Excess absolute risk ⇒ Absolute change in risk for a given dose.
  • The difference between exposed and control (unexposed, background).
  • EAR = Incidence rate exposed group – Incidence rate unexposed group
65
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CEDE (given activity, average beta energy, mass, and effective decay constant)

(51.1 shortcut)

66
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Calculate

Corrected CDE based on a change to the AMAD size of a particle.

67
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Define and Calculate

Probability of Causation

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  • NIH produces probability of causation tables.
  • If PC is greater than 50%, the worker/survivor is eligible for compensation from the Department of Labor.
68
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Total energy deposited by a laser over a given period of time

69
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Inhalation intake following ground deposition of an airborne radionuclide

70
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Incidence of genetic defects

71
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Exposure rate using the 0.5CEN rule

72
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Average airborne radioactive material concentration given data from a stack releasing radioactive gas

73
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Determine if TLVs were exceeded for UV light exposure

74
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Relative probable error of a sample count

75
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Average accelerator beam current

76
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Calculate an beta particle’s range in air (0.01 MeV < E < 2.5 MeV).

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Rβ = 412E1.265 - 0.0954lnE

Rβ = range in mg cm-2

E = max energy (MeV)

77
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Activity of a sample that has been irradiated for time “τ” and removed from the irradiation source for time “t”.

78
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Bremsstrahlung dose rate in air from an organ (mass of tissue) containing a given concentration of a beta-emitter.

79
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Dose rate from a line source

80
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CEDE based on a volumetric concentration and DAC exposure

81
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Dose rate from X-rays produced 90º from a high-Z target

82
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CDE based on a volumetric concentration and DAC exposure

83
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Alpha particle’s range in air (4 MeV < E < 8 MeV)

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Rα = 1.24E - 2.62

Rα = range in cm of air at 1 atm and 15°C.

E = energy (MeV)

84
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Factor of KERMA change at an interface between two materials

85
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Calculate / Equation

Minimum level of detection

86
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Alarm setpoint for release of radioactive gases from a reactor coolant system.

87
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Standard deviation for efficiency when determined from a standard of known activity

88
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Activity release rate from an emergency ventilation system through a high efficiency particulate (HEPA) air filter

89
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Maximum eye exposure time when scanning a laser across an audience

90
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Airborne concentration of a radionuclide that has become airborne in a room ventilated in a room with a stack exhaust

91
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Approximate exposure from X-ray scatter to the radiographic technologist standing nearby the patient

92
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Relative risk of genetic defects (per generation) caused by a radiation dose to a population

93
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Thyroid uptake and the resulting committed dose from an inhalation of 131I

94
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Mass of air in a free-air ionization chamber

95
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Calculate

Activity from gross and background counts

96
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Define and Calculate

KERMA

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Kinetic Energy Released in MAss

The sum of the initial kinetic energies of all the charged particles liberated by uncharged ionizing radiation in a sample of matter divided by the mass of the sample.

97
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Calculate

Chi-squared

98
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Calculate

Specific exposure rate constant.

99
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Activity of 131I needed to be administered to a patient to deliver a prescribe dose

100
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Standard deviation in gross counts

101
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Calculate / Equation

Critical level

102
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Calculate

Irradiance of a microwave antenna

103
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Define and Calculate

Magnetic field strength (H)

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The force exerted on a moving charge or current.

104
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Calculate

Initial release rate of a radionuclide from a stack, given mass and specific activity

105
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State the equation to calculate the number of daughter atoms (ND) when both the parent and daugher undergo radioactive decay.

106
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Working levels based on equilibrium factors and radon concentration

107
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Calculate

Absorbed dose to the thyroid from an intake of 131I (µCi)

(0.511 shortcut)

108
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Calculate

Correction factor for a pulsed laser

109
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Define and Calculate

Poynting Vector

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  • The vector (cross) product of the electric and magnetic field strengths.
  • Symbol ⇒ E×H
  • Units ⇒ W m-2
110
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Calculate

Standard deviation in activity when calculated as a function from gross and background counts

111
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Define and calculate

Nominal hazard zone

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Area within which radiation levels from direct or scattered radiation exceed the maximum permissible exposure (MPE).

112
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Calculate

Maximum concentration in a room with a primary to atmosphere leak that is being ventilated.

113
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Calculate

Time between midpoint of pulses in an accelerator

114
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Define and Calculate

Intrinsic detector efficiency

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  • Ratio of number of pulses recorded to the number of radiation quanta incident on the detector.
  • Optimization relies only on properties directly affecting the quanta incident to detector (e.g., window material, thickness).
115
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Intake activity given the time post intake, activity, and intake retention factor.

116
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Define and Calculate

Specific Effective Energy

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The radiation-factor-weighted energy absorbed per unit mass of the target organ (T), per transformation of the nuclide in the source organ (S).

117
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Calculate

Compton electron energy (given incident photon energy and angle of photon deflection)

118
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Calculate / Equation

Sample variance

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