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BARRIER SHIELDING [1 record]

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Record 1 1988-04-05

English

Subject field(s)
  • Emergency Management
  • Radiation Protection
DEF

The attenuating effect that a physical barrier provides when interposed between a given point and a radiation source. For construction materials with low atomic weights, the shielding factor depends essentially upon mass.

OBS

Term officially recognized by the Emergency Preparedness Committee.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Gestion des urgences
  • Radioprotection
DEF

Protection offerte par un obstacle physique interposé entre un point donné et une source de radiation. Pour les matériaux de construction dont les poids atomiques sont relativement peu élevés, le facteur écran dépend essentiellement de la masse.

OBS

Terme adopté par le comité d'uniformisation de la terminologie de la protection civile.

Spanish

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