Commonly Used Nuclear Energy Units and Abbreviations
Prefixes and Numerical Values

Basic Unit

Measured

Pico,

Property

10

barn

cross section

curie

radioactivity

dase rate

radiation dose

electron volt

energy

gram

mass

meter

length

rad (radiation
absorbed dose)

radiation

roentgen
rem (roentgen

Mero

me

10

10

ub

uuci;

uC i;

pyc

~c

1

mb

Nege

10

10

b

mCi;

Ci;

mec

mR/hr;

K11¢

c

kCis

Mc

keV

MeV

R/hr;

mr/hr

sor/hr,
rem/hr

mg

g

kg

mm

m

km

urad

mrad

rad

radiation
dose

uk;
ur

mR;
mr

Rs r

eV
yug

ug

equivalent man)

dase

radiation

prem

mrem

rem

rep (roentgen
equivalent physical)

radiation
dose

urep

mrep

rep

us

ms

S

second

time

ton (TNT
equivalent)

device energy

watt

power

Ltww

yw

489

mw

MCI

ke

W

KT

MT

kw

Mw

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