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ORAU TEAM Dose Reconstruction Project for NIOSH

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Document No. <strong>ORAU</strong>T-TKBS-0041 Revision No. 01 Effective Date: 06/02/2009 Page 8 of 89<br />

LOD limit of detection<br />

M moderate (absorption type)<br />

m meter<br />

mCi millicurie<br />

MDA minimum detectable activity (or amount)<br />

MDC minimum detectable concentration<br />

MDL minimum detectable level<br />

MeV megaelectron-volt, 1 million electron-volts<br />

mg milligram<br />

min minute<br />

ml milliliter<br />

MOX mixed oxide<br />

MPC maximum permissible concentration<br />

mrad millirad<br />

mrem millirem<br />

MWd megawatt-day<br />

nCi nanocurie<br />

NCRP National Council on Radiation Protection and Measurements<br />

<strong>NIOSH</strong> National Institute <strong>for</strong> Occupational Safety and Health<br />

NRC U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission<br />

NTA nuclear track emulsion, type A<br />

NU natural uranium<br />

NUMEC Nuclear Materials and Equipment Corporation<br />

<strong>ORAU</strong> Oak Ridge Associated Universities<br />

ORISE Oak Ridge Institute <strong>for</strong> Science and Education<br />

OTIB <strong>ORAU</strong> Team technical in<strong>for</strong>mation bulletin<br />

PA posterior-anterior<br />

pCi picocurie<br />

POC probability of causation<br />

R&D research and development<br />

RU recycled uranium<br />

s second<br />

S slow (absorption type)<br />

SEC Special Exposure Cohort<br />

SLDA Shallow Land Disposal Area<br />

SNM Special Nuclear Material<br />

SRDB Ref ID Site Research Database Reference Identification (number)<br />

t ton (metric)<br />

TCE trichloroethylene<br />

TLD thermoluminescent dosimeter<br />

TRU transuranic<br />

U.S.C. United States Code<br />

WB whole body<br />

wt % weight %

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