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Plutonium, taken into the circulato
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A proportional counter has enough v
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The term "acute radiation syndrome"
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A fundamental law in radiobiology t
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Human excreta containing medically
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KERMA is a unit of radiation measur
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How does the NRC regulate x-ray mac
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Given a reading of 100 mr/hr (gamma
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Effects of acute radiation exposure
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What is the "threshold" of radiatio
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Most of the dose received by man fr
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Following electron capture, the fol
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A technician surveys a shielded pur
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Why is a child more radiosensitive
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If a large group of people receive
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The symbols Pa, Ga, Sn, Ni represen
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If the maximum beta particle energy
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The major source of radiation expos
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Workers are exposed to a Cs-137 con
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Genetic mutations are one possible
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Unlike many man made materials, whe
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Deleterious effects caused by radia
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Cigarette smokers who smoke 1.5 pac
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Sr-85 is used in the treatment of b
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Uranium and Thorium decay products
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The relationship between the mass o
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The NRC defines a hot particle as a
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Uptake and retention of a radionucl
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An active person who eats a high fi
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As an alpha particle transverses a
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The average energy of a positron em
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The stopping power for electrons __
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The term used to describe a process
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Rn-220 is a member of which of the
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Which of the following does NOT aff
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If the half life of a radionuclide
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Which of the following is the BEST