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Weighting factor

Term · Nuclear energy and radiation · MLC-T-NUC-000547

Multipliers of the equivalent dose to an organ or tissue used for radiation protection purposes to account for different sensitivities of different organs and tissues to the induction of stochastic effects of radiation (see 10 CFR 20.1003 for complete information).

Table 1. Record
IdentifierMLC-T-NUC-000547
FieldNuclear energy and radiation
AbbreviationWT
ReferencesNRC Glossary
Record as JSON 
{
  "id": "MLC-T-NUC-000547",
  "term": "Weighting factor",
  "field": "Nuclear energy and radiation",
  "definition": "Multipliers of the equivalent dose to an organ or tissue used for radiation protection purposes to account for different sensitivities of different organs and tissues to the induction of stochastic effects of radiation (see 10 CFR 20.1003 for complete information).",
  "abbreviation": "WT",
  "references": [
    "NRC Glossary"
  ],
  "url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/nuclear/weighting-factor/"
}

Record 547 of 555 in Nuclear energy and radiation terminology (MLC-0119). Request the full dataset.