[ RadSafe ] definition of Rad

[Bailly, Helen A]

Sadly Wikipedia is not secure, it is editable by almost anyone, often
the info is interesting but not necessarily reliable.  I have not got a
clue on this particular question, but in 5 years of teaching DOE
RadWorker Training and 2 years a dosimetry technician, I have not heard
that definition either.

 

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From: radsafe-bounces at radlab.nl [mailto:radsafe-bounces at radlab.nl] On
Behalf Of Kai Kaletsch
Sent: Tuesday, October 02, 2007 10:11 AM
To: radsafe at radlab.nl
Subject: [ RadSafe ] definition of Rad

 

Friends,

 

According to the Wikipedia entry for 'Rad', it was defined from 1918 to
1953 as the unit of X-ray dose required to kill a mouse. 1) I never
heard this definition before and 2) This seems like a very low dose for
killing anything.

 

This is somewhat before my time and I normally use SI units. Is the
Wikipedia statement correct?

 

Kai

 

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