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Synonyms millirem
Type of radioactivity unit

Examples of mrem

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The recommendation is 2,000 mrem for first year and 500 mrem each year thereafter.
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Natural sources of radiation amount to an average annual radiation dose of 295 mrem.
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In 10 years of service aboard three different reactor types, I accumulated just under 500 mrem.
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However, this starting figure, 0.002 mrem, is highly suspicious.
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Living within 50 miles of a coal plant adds 0.03 mrem per year.
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Assuming that there was no such break-through in sensor technology, the 0.002 mrem figure is simply a lie.
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The average person receives about 53 mrem from medical procedures and 10 mrem from consumer products.
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You receive 1 mrem from three hours on an airplane, from two days in Denver or from three days in Atlanta.
From the forbes.com
American Science and Engineering, Inc., actually puts that number slightly higher, in the area of .009 mrem.
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  • A unit used to measure the effect of radiation on the human body.
  • A millirem is a unit of radiation dose equivalent to one-thousandth of a rem (which stand for Roentgen equivalent man). It measures the amount of damage to human tissue from a dose of ionizing radiation.
  • Millirem (one thousandth of a rem)
  • A symbol for millirem.