Commonly Used Nuclear Energy Units and Abbreviations
Prefixes and Numerical Values

Basic Unit

Measured

Pico.

Property

10

barn

cross section

curte

radioactivity

dose rate

radiation dose

electron volt

energy

gram

mass

meter

length

rad (radiation
absorbed dose)

radiation

roentgen

wuCi;
wpe

Mero

mre

10

10

Ki °

Mega

1

1

10

kChs

MCi

ke

MeV

yb

mb

b

uHCi;

mCi;

Ci;

uc

mc

mR/hr;

mr/hr

c

r/hr,
rem/hr

mg

g

kg

km

mm

m

urad

mrad

rad

dose

ur

uR;

mR;

Rs r

rem (roentgen
equivalent man)

radiation
dose

prem

mrem

rem

rep (roentgen
equivalent physical)

radiation
dose

urep

mrep

rep

second

time

us

ms

Ss

ton (TNT

device energy

watt

power

equivalent)

radiation

ug

LWW

pW

mr

mw

Mc

R/hr;

eV
uUg

ke

W

KT

MT

kw

Mw

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