Section 325.5014. Definitions Ra.

(1) "Rad" means 1/100 of a joule of absorbed radiation energy per kilogram of material, or 100 ergs per gram and is the special unit of absorbed dose.

(2)    "Radiation" means ionizing radiation.

(3)       "Radiation area" means an area, accessible to individuals, in which there exists such radiation that an individual could receive in any 1 hour a dose in excess of 5 millirems, or in any 5 consecutive days a dose in excess of 100 millirems.

(4)      "Radiation machine" means a device capable of producing radiation except that which produces radiation only from radioactive material.

(5)     "Radiation monitoring" means the periodic or continuous determination of the exposure rate or contamination level in an area (area monitoring) or of the dose received by an individual (personnel monitoring).

(6)        "Radiation protection supervisor" means the individual specified by the licensee or registrant who has the authority and the responsibility for radiation protection.

(7)        "Radiation worker" means an individual assigned work with or around sources of radiation or who, during the performance of his assigned duties, receives or is likely to receive a dose in any calendar quarter in excess of 300 millirems.

(8)          "Radioactivity" means the property of certain isotopes of the basic elements of spontaneously emitting nuclear particles or gamma radiation or of emitting x-radiation following orbital electron capture or of undergoing spontaneous fission.

(9)     "Rated line voltage" means the range of potentials, in volts, of the supply line specified by the manufacturer at which the x-ray machine is designed to operate.

(10)      "Rated output current" means the maximum allowable load current of the x-ray high- voltage generator.

(11)        "Rated output voltage" means the allowable peak potential, in volts, at the output terminals of the x-ray high-voltage generator.

(12)     "Rating" means the operating limits specified by the manufacturer.

History: 1954 ACS 85, Eff. Dec. 3, 1975; 1954 ACS 98 Eff. Mar 9, 1979.