millirem (Meaning)

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millirem (n)

a dosage of ionizing radiation equivalent to one thousandth (1/1000) of a rem

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millirem Sentence Examples

  1. The average annual exposure to natural radiation is about 360 millirems.
  2. The maximum allowable exposure for radiation workers is 5,000 millirems per year.
  3. A chest X-ray typically exposes the patient to around 10 millirems of radiation.
  4. A dental X-ray exposes the patient to around 5 millirems of radiation.
  5. The amount of radiation received during a transatlantic flight is about 2 millirems.
  6. The dose of radiation from a smoke detector is about 0.1 millirems per year.
  7. Uranium mining can expose workers to up to 200 millirems of radiation per year.
  8. Plutonium is a radioactive element that emits a dose of 3,000 millirems per hour.
  9. The Three Mile Island nuclear accident released about 400,000 millirems of radiation into the environment.
  10. The Chernobyl nuclear disaster released about 100 million millirems of radiation into the environment.

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a dosage of ionizing radiation equivalent to one thousandth (1/1000) of a rem

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The average annual exposure to natural radiation is about 360 millirems.

The maximum allowable exposure for radiation workers is 5,000 millirems per year.

A chest X-ray typically exposes the patient to around 10 millirems of radiation.

A dental X-ray exposes the patient to around 5 millirems of radiation.