All about doses
If your dosimeter badge reads over this amount, you've hit your annual whole body limit.
What is 50mSv
This stochastic effect occurs in the lens of the eye and can require surgery to repair.
What are cataracts?
What is Hematologic syndrome
Cell death and notable damage will occur only if this molecule is destroyed. A so called "Target" if you will.
What is DNA?
These two physicists died doing hands on criticality testing on plutonium cores after WWII
Who are Louis Slotin and Harry Daghlian?
Receiving an acute dose in this range is enough to cause a person to experience GI syndrome.
What is 10-50Sv
Approximately 20% of all deaths occur from this
What is cancer?
Wait! all your hair fell out! You must have this deterministic effect.
What is epilation?
Radiation of this type will require at least some paper or thin foil to stop.
What is Beta radiation?
This unit is used to measure beam intensity and Ionization in air.
What is Air Kerma?
That's a mean looking blister you got there! you must have had at least this much dose to your skin.
What is 15Sv
The Dose-response graph for stochastic effects takes on this model.
What is Linear-Non threshold?
This is the first period of acute radiation sickness. As the dose goes up, it gets shorter.
What is the prodromal period?
These two early radiation physicists discovered that radiation effects are a function of metabolism and age.
Who are Bergonie and Tribondeau?
We need this factor to convert Whole body dose in Grays to Seiverts.
What is RBE?
Wait you had how much radiation below the belt?!?!? yeah you can forget about ever having kids.
What is 5 Sv?
Observed cases/Expected cases tells us this about radiation risk in a population
What is relative risk?
This radiation syndrome occurs with the most radiosensitive cells in the body.
What is the CNS Syndrome?
Using these two techniques, you can reduce the effects of radiation and give the body time to repair.
What are protraction and fractionation?
He is widely regarded at the first radiation induced death and was Thomas Edison's assistant.
Who is Clarence Dally?
50% of the population would die within 60 days if they received this much radiation.
What is 3.5Sv?
This equation can help us tell how many cases of malignant disease can be attributed to radiation in an exposed group.
What is Cases in exposed group-Cases in unexposed group?
This period of acute radiation sickness gets shorter the more dose you receive and can even disappear all together!
What is the latent period?
If you find three equally radioactive cookies of all different types and had to eat one. you should definitely choose this one.
What is gamma cookie?
One unit of this measurement us equal to the number of decays per second in radium and is named after one of the pioneers of the portable X-ray machine in WWI.
What is Curie?