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BACKGROUND IRRADIATION [1 record]

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Record 1 2001-06-29

English

Subject field(s)
  • Nuclear Waste Materials
  • Atomic Physics
  • Chemistry
DEF

The exposure to natural background ionizing radiation.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Déchets nucléaires
  • Physique atomique
  • Chimie
CONT

Exposition moyenne annuelle de la population aux rayonnements ionisants (microsieverts/an). Exposition naturelle. Source externe : rayonnement cosmique [...] (300 mSv/an); croûte terrestre [...] 350 mSv/an. Source interne (corps humain) : potassium 40 (180 mSv/an); éléments de la série de l'uranium 238, et du thorium 232 [...] (1170 mSv/an).

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Desechos nucleares
  • Física atómica
  • Química
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