Working level
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Working level
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Working level (WL) is a historical unit of concentration of radioactive decay products of radon, applied to uranium mining environment. One working level refers to the concentration of short-lived decay products of radon in equilibrium with 3,700 Bq/m in air. These decay products would emit 1.3 × 10⁵ MeV in complete decay. The Nuclear Regulatory Commission uses this definition. Working level month (WLM) is a closely related quantity, referring to exposure to one working level for 170 hours per
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Unit of concentration of radioactive decay products
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Working_level
date created:
2016-09-16T13:28:42Z
date modified:
2024-09-13T11:00:08Z
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