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Extremities

Term · Nuclear energy and radiation · MLC-T-NUC-000168

The hands, forearms, elbows, feet, knees, leg below the knees, and ankles. Permissible radiation exposures in these regions are generally greater than those for whole body exposure because the extremities contain fewer blood-forming organs and have smaller volumes for energy absorption. (See 10 CFR 20.1003.)

Table 1. Record
IdentifierMLC-T-NUC-000168
FieldNuclear energy and radiation
ReferencesNRC Glossary
Record as JSON 
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  "field": "Nuclear energy and radiation",
  "definition": "The hands, forearms, elbows, feet, knees, leg below the knees, and ankles. Permissible radiation exposures in these regions are generally greater than those for whole body exposure because the extremities contain fewer blood-forming organs and have smaller volumes for energy absorption. (See 10 CFR 20.1003.)",
  "references": [
    "NRC Glossary"
  ],
  "url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/nuclear/extremities/"
}

Record 168 of 555 in Nuclear energy and radiation terminology (MLC-0119). Request the full dataset.