Chapter 10 Review - Radiation Protection
Procedures for Patients and Personnel. Exam
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Name the advisory groups that have shared in the establishment of radiation protection
standards (4) and what they do. - Answer✔1. International Commission on Radiological
Protection (ICRP)
2. National Council on Radiation Protection & Measurement NRCP
3. National Academy of Sciences Advisory Committee on the Biological Effects of Ionizing
Radiation (NAS-BEIR)
4. United Nations Scientific Committee on the Effects of Atomic Radiation (UNSCEAR)
Name the regulatory agencies and what they do: - Answer✔1. U.S. Nuclear Regulatory
Commission (NRC)
2. U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA)
Define Stochastic exposure and list a few examples. - Answer✔Results of radiation exposure for
which no threshold dose of radiation exists
- EX. cancer, genetic effects
Define deterministic exposure and list a few examples. - Answer✔Results of radiation exposure
for which a threshold dose of radiation is assumed
- EX. Cataracts, sterility
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