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Record 1 - external organization data 1994-10-13

English

Subject field(s)
  • Atomic Physics
  • Compartment - Canadian Nuclear Safety Commission
DEF

the radioactive gas produced by the radioactive decay of radium-224 (which is produced through a series of radioactive decay steps from thorium-232), and which, through radioactive decay, gives rise to thoron daughters.

CONT

Monitoring records, including measurements of external radiation, radon and thoron and their daughters, and long-lived radionuclides, should also be maintained and made available ....

French

Domaine(s)
  • Physique atomique
  • Tiroir - Commission canadienne de sûreté nucléaire
DEF

élément gazeux radioactif produit par la désintégration radioactive du radium 224 (qui est lui-même produit par une série de désintégrations radioactives du thorium 232) et qui, au moyen de la désintégration radioactive, donne les produits de filiation du thoron.

CONT

Les fiches de surveillance, y compris les mesures du rayonnement externe, les mesures du radon, du thoron et de leurs produits de filiation, ainsi que des radionucléides de longue période d'activité doivent aussi être conservées et montrées aux intéressés.

Spanish

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