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Deterministic effect

Term · Nuclear energy and radiation · MLC-T-NUC-000126

The health effects of radiation, the severity of which varies with the dose and for which a threshold is believed to exist. Radiation-induced cataract formation is an example of a deterministic effect (also called a non-stochastic effect) (see 10 CFR 20.1003).

Table 1. Record
IdentifierMLC-T-NUC-000126
FieldNuclear energy and radiation
ReferencesNRC Glossary
Record as JSON 
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  "id": "MLC-T-NUC-000126",
  "term": "Deterministic effect",
  "field": "Nuclear energy and radiation",
  "definition": "The health effects of radiation, the severity of which varies with the dose and for which a threshold is believed to exist. Radiation-induced cataract formation is an example of a deterministic effect (also called a non-stochastic effect) (see 10 CFR 20.1003).",
  "references": [
    "NRC Glossary"
  ],
  "url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/nuclear/deterministic-effect/"
}

Record 126 of 555 in Nuclear energy and radiation terminology (MLC-0119). Request the full dataset.