millirem Sentence Examples
- 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.
- The amount of radiation received during a transatlantic flight is about 2 millirems.
- The dose of radiation from a smoke detector is about 0.1 millirems per year.
- Uranium mining can expose workers to up to 200 millirems of radiation per year.
- Plutonium is a radioactive element that emits a dose of 3,000 millirems per hour.
- The Three Mile Island nuclear accident released about 400,000 millirems of radiation into the environment.
- The Chernobyl nuclear disaster released about 100 million millirems of radiation into the environment.
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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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.
