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GIGABECQUEREL PER CUBIC METRE [1 record]

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Record 1 1996-03-31

English

Subject field(s)
  • Metrology and Units of Measure
  • Atomic Physics
CONT

... it [the Task Force] divided low-level wastes into four categories or classes ... based on the concentration of radioactivity (measured in gigabecquerels per cubic metre (GBq/m³) of the waste material....

OBS

... a becquerel is defined as one nuclear disintegration per second.

Key term(s)
  • gigabecquerel per cubic meter

French

Domaine(s)
  • Unités de mesure et métrologie
  • Physique atomique

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Metrología y unidades de medida
  • Física atómica
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