radiation area

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radiation area [‚rād·ē′ā·shən ‚er·ē·ə]

(nucleonics)

Any accessible area in which the level of radiation is such that a major portion of an individual's body could receive in any 1 hour a dose in excess of 5 millirem or in any 5 consecutive days a dose in excess of 150 millirem.

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