Somatic effects of radiation
Somatic effects of radiation … Effects of radiation limited to the exposed individual, as distinguished from genetic effects, that may also affect subsequent unexposed generations. … Somatic effects of …
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Significance Determination Process
Significance Determination Process … The process used by the NRC staff to evaluate inspection findings to determine their safety significance. This involves assessing how the inspection findings affect the risk of a nuclear plant accident, either as a …
Preliminary Notification (PN)
Preliminary Notification (PN) … A brief summary report issued by the NRC staff to notify the Commission of the occurrence of a significant event that appears to have health and safety significance or major public or media interest. PNs are based on …
Power coefficient of reactivity
Power coefficient of reactivity … The change in reactivity per percent change in power. The power coefficient is the summation of the moderator temperature coefficient of reactivity, the fuel temperature coefficient of reactivity, and the void coefficient …
Planned special exposure
Planned special exposure … An infrequent exposure to radiation, separate from and in addition to the annual dose limits (see 10 CFR 20.1003 and 20.1206 ). … Planned special …
Probabilistic risk analysis
Probabilistic risk analysis … A systematic method for addressing the risk triplet as it relates to the performance of a complex system to understand likely outcomes, sensitivities, areas of importance, system interactions, and areas of uncertainty. The …
Radiation sickness (syndrome)
Radiation sickness (syndrome) … The complex of symptoms characterizing the disease known as radiation injury, resulting from excessive exposure (greater than 200 rads or 2 gray) of the whole body (or large part) to ionizing radiation. The earliest of …
Radiation detection instrument
Radiation detection instrument … A device that detects and displays the characteristics of ionizing radiation. … Radiation detection …
Whole-body exposure
Whole-body exposure … Whole body exposure includes at least the external exposure, head, trunk, arms above the elbow, or legs above the knee. Where a radioisotope is uniformly distributed throughout the body tissues, rather than being concentrated in …
Whole-body counter
Whole-body counter … A device used to identify and measure the radioactive material in the body of human beings and animals. It uses heavy shielding to keep out naturally existing background radiation and ultrasensitive radiation detectors and electronic …