Radiation Safety Manual Revision Date: September 2016 Page 48

Radiation Safety Manual Revision Date: September 2016 Page 48

Appendix D: Abbreviations, Conversions, Examples and Formulas Abbreviations ALARA – As Low As Reasonably Achievable Bq – Becquerel Ci – Curie cpm – counts per minute DRS – Division of Research Safety dpm – disintegration per minute GM – Geiger-Mueller Gy – Gray (unit of absorbed dose) HPLC – High Performance Liquid Chromatography IEMA – Illinois Emergency Management Agency (formerly Illinois Department of Nuclear Safety (IDNS)) LDPE – low density poly ethylene LSC – liquid scintillation count or liquid scintillation counter mCi – millicurie NaI – sodium iodide PI – Principal Investigator μCi – microcurie R – Roentgen Rad – radiation absorbed dose Rem – Roentgen equivalent man Sv – Sievert Conversions 2.22 x 106 dpm = 1 microcurie 1000 mirocuries = 1 millicurie 1000 millicuries = 1 Curie 1 Bequerel = 1 disintegration per second (dps) 37 GBq = 1 Ci = 109 disintegrations per second (dps) Formulas and examples For determination of meter or wipe survey results, use: Activity (dpm) = (gross count rate – background count rate) instrument efficiency Example: The GM meter response on a benchtop scan was 150 cpm. The background count rate was 40 cpm. Radiation Safety Manual Revision Date: September 2016 Page 48 Abbreviations, Conversions, Examples, and Formulas Appendix D For P-32, the GM efficiency is approximately 50%. What is the amount of activity on the benchtop? Activity (dpm) = (150 cpm – 40cpm) = 220 dpm (0.50) A survey instrument’s efficiency can be determined for an individual radionuclide using a known standard (decay-corrected, if necessary) of the radionuclide. The standard is counted in a fixed geometry and the instrument count rate observed. The efficiency is then determined by the formula: Efficiency (%) = (gross count rate – background count rate) x 100 Activity of standard (dpm) Radiation Safety Manual Revision Date: September 2016 Page 49 .

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