rr Smee oe pmentate mares bee remem OR Se Nee ene ae itt Oe me pee Meat At eae GLOSSARY Absorbed Dose: The absorbed dose of anv ionizing radiation is the energy imparted to matter by ionizing radiation per unit mass of irradiated material at the place of interest. The unit of absorbed dose is the rad. One rad is 100 ergs/gram,. Atomic Energy Commission. Abbreviation for curie. Curie: The quantity of a radioactive nuclide disintegrating at the rate ci 3.7x1010 atoms per second. Abbreviation for Dose Equivalent. Abbreviation for Dose Distribution Factor. ; : facter used in calculating Gose equivalent whicn accounts uniform Dose Equivalent: for non- eribution oF radiation. The product of absorbed Gose D, quality factor (GF), dose distribution factor (DF), ané other necessary modifiving factors (The @ose equivaient is numerically equal to the absorbed fose in rads multiplied py the aporooriate modifving factors). The unit of Gcse equivalent is the 'rem.' Federal Pasiation Council. The FRC has been abolisnec, and its functions taken over bv EPA, Tir 19 de li sctive substance to ivicvy by radioactive has a unigue half-