Definitions and Abbreviations Commonly used in Personnel Dosimetry

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· Absorbed dose

· Act

· Activity

· Administrative dose (administratively assigned dose)

· Adult

· Airborne radioactive material

· Airborne radioactivity area

· ALARA (As Low As Is Reasonably Achievable)

· Albedo

· Annual limit on Intake (ALI)

· ANSI/HPS N13.11

· ANSI/HPS N13.32

· Background radiation

· Becquerel (Bq)

· Bioassay (radiobioassay)

· Boiling-Water Reactor (BWR):

· Breeder Reactor (LMFBR)

· Byproduct material

· Calendar quarter

· Class (or lung class or inhalation class)

· Collective dose

· Commission

· Committed Dose Equivalent (CDE) (H_T,50)

· Committed Effective Dose Equivalent (CEDE) (H_E,50)

· Constraint (dose constraint)

· Control badge/dosimeter

· Controlled area

· Critical organ

· Curie (Ci)

· Deep-Dose Equivalent (DDE) (H_D)

· Department of Energy Laboratory Accreditation Program (DOELAP)

· Derived Air Concentration (DAC)

· Derived Air Concentration-hour (DAC-hour)

· Dose (radiation dose)

· Dose equivalent (H_T )

· Dosimeter

· Dosimetry processor