MISC. RT Safety
This fancy radiation detection instrument will reach a maximum reading level and then the needle erroneously drops and reads "zero".
What is a Geiger Counter?
ALARA
What is As Low As Reasonably Achievable (or Attainable)?
150 R/hr is equal to how many mR/hr?
What is 150,000 mR/hr?
This scientist was the first to win 2 Nobel prizes in the science fields and has a unit of radioactive measurement named after her.
Who is Marie Curie?
The range of dose readings in a pocket dosimeter.
What is 0-200 mR/hr?
Radiation Detection Survey device that is calibrated every 6 months.
What is a Survey Meter?
HVL
What is Half Value Layer?
0.500 mR/r is equal to how many R/hr?
What is 0.000500 R/hr?
Ancient Roman Artists used this radioactive element in their yellow paint in mosaic tiles.
What is Uranium?
A nuclear reaction in which atomic nuclei of a lower atomic number fuse to form a heavier nucleus with the release of energy. The sun is an example of this process.
What is Nuclear Fusion?
This is the first place to look in a medical exam on a human for radiation poisoning.
What is blood cells?
RSO
What is a Radiation Safety Officer?
Id (HINT: HVL)
What is Desired Intensity?
This local government agency is credited with developing the process to create Zirconium for the US navy Nuclear Propulsion Program in the 1940's.
Who is the Albany Bureau of Mines?
The decay of an isotope to 1/2 of it's original intensity.
What is radioactive half-life?
The QF for Alpha particles?
What is 20x?
SI
What is the International System of units of measurement?
(Includes most of the base units formerly called metric.)
100 ci of IR 192 emits how many R/hr in air, at one foot?
What is 520 R/hr?
This guy was the 1st recorded American to die from Excessive X-ray exposure.
Who is Clarence Dally?
You will be hired at this ASNT Level for your first NDT inspection job.
What is an ASNT TC-1A Level I trainee?
1/2 of the humans exposed to 400-500 REMs to their whole body will die within 30-60 days.
What is Median Lethal Dose (MLD)?
MLD
What is Median Lethal Dose?
1 Ci of Co-60 emits how many R/hr when measured in air, at 1 foot from the source?
What is 14 R/hr?
This unit of measuring isotopes is similar to the Ci but is named after the French Scientist.
Who is Henri Becquerel?
3 magnetic elements at normal room temperature.
What is Iron, Cobalt and Nickel?