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  • detriment: term used by ICRP in a very wide sense.The 'detriment' in a population is defined as the mathematical concept 'expectation' of the harm incurred from an exposure to radiation,taking into account not only the probability of each type of deleterious effect,but the severity of the effect.These deleterious effects include both the effects on health and other effects.
    Category: Nuclear industry (with applied atomic and nuclear physics)

  • detriment: The total harm that would eventually be experienced by an exposed group and its descendents as a result of the group`s exposure to ionising radiation
    Category: Physics



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