dosimeter
Exposure tracking device
A dosimeter is a device that measures exposure to radiation.
Workers in nuclear plants, medical imaging, and other radiation-prone environments wear dosimeters to track cumulative exposure: The technician's dosimeter showed she was within safe limits.
Types include film badges, electronic monitors, and thermoluminescent devices.
Worn symbol of membership
- filmMovie or coating
- TLDWebsite address ending
- electroscopeInstrument detecting charge presence
- ionizationCharge acquisition process
chamber · pen · pocket · electronic · personal · wearable · detector · sensor
German radiation physicist
- ionizingProducing charged particles
- gammaGreek alphabet's third
- betaGreek alphabet's second letter
- alphaFirst Greek letter
X-ray · radon · isotope · radioactive · decay · half-life · radium · uranium
Skilled practical worker
- radiologistDoctor analyzing medical images
- oncologyCancer medicine specialty
- nuclearOf atomic energy
- workerPerson who toils
astronaut · pilot · miner · laboratory · hospital · plant · facility · compliance
Adjusting for measurement accuracy
- readoutDisplayed recorded data
- precisionAccuracy of measurement
- accuracyDegree of correctness
- thresholdPoint of beginning
monitoring · detection · quantification · exposure · absorbed · equivalent · effective · background
Protecting from harm
- leadDense metal, symbol Pb
- apronWaist-tied protective garment
- barrierObstruction preventing passage
- permissibleSanctioned by authority
maximum · accumulated · lifetime · annual · monitoring · alarm · warning · evacuation
badge
Worn symbol of membership
- filmMovie or coating
- TLDWebsite address ending
- electroscopeInstrument detecting charge presence
ionization · chamber · pen · pocket · electronic · personal · wearable · detector · sensor · reader
Geiger
German radiation physicist
alpha · X-ray · radon · isotope · radioactive · decay · half-life · radium · uranium · plutonium
technician
Skilled practical worker
- radiologistDoctor analyzing medical images
- oncologyCancer medicine specialty
- nuclearOf atomic energy
worker · astronaut · pilot · miner · laboratory · hospital · plant · facility · compliance · regulations
calibration
Adjusting for measurement accuracy
threshold · monitoring · detection · quantification · exposure · absorbed · equivalent · effective · background · limit
shielding
Protecting from harm
permissible · maximum · accumulated · lifetime · annual · monitoring · alarm · warning · evacuation · decontamination
- detectorsmetal detector, smoke detector, motion detector, heat detector, lie detector
- measuring devicesthermometer, barometer, scale, yardstick, ruler
- ChernobylPripyat, exclusion zone, meltdown, nuclear disaster, explosion
- Fallout Protectionfallout shelter, bomb shelter, radiation shield, lead shielding, potassium iodide
- measurement toolsruler, scale, gauge, thermometer, stopwatch
- measuring instrumentsruler, tape measure, measuring tape, caliper, calipers
dosimeternuclear reactor
Controlled fission energy source
radioisotope · radionuclide · particle accelerator · radioactive material