Radiation Protection Glossary

A radiation protection glossary for Radiation Protection Supervisors (RPS) and anyone interesting in radiation safety terminology. The glossary is a mixture of health physics terms, and phrases related to radiation legislation, transport, practical safety and similar.

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Personal Exposure

Published: Oct 12, 2018

Personal Exposure is taken to mean Ionising Radiation exposure which is received by a person (as opposed to many people collectively or the environment)

Radiation is one of the important factors in evolution. It causes mutation, and some level of mutation is actually good for evolution

– David Grinspoon