Aparatos, sistemas, procesos o elementos de los que puede emanar radiactividad al medioambiente. Se consideran fuentes de radiación los reactores nucleares, los aceleradores de partículas cargadas de electricidad, las bombas de cobalto, los aparatos de microondas, de radar y de rayos X, infrarrojos, ultravioletas y láser, así como los isótopos radiactivos y cualquier otra fuente análoga. (Material IV - Glosario de Protección Civil, OPS, 1992)
Descriptor Portuguese:
Fontes de Radiação
Descriptor French:
Sources de Radiation
Tree number(s):
SP8.190.360.426
Scope note:
Devices, systems, processes or elements which can emanate radioactivity into the environment. Nuclear reactors, electricity charged particles accelerators, cobalt bombs, microwaves, radar and X-ray devices, infrared, ultraviolet and laser, as well as radioactive isotopes are considered to be radiation sources. (Free translation from the original: Material IV - Glosario de Protección Civil, OPS, 1992)
Allowable Qualifiers:
No qualifiers
DeCS ID:
34884
Unique ID:
DDCS034884
Documents indexed in the Virtual Health Library (VHL):
Devices, systems, processes or elements which can emanate radioactivity into the environment. Nuclear reactors, electricity charged particles accelerators, cobalt bombs, microwaves, radar and X-ray devices, infrared, ultraviolet and laser, as well as radioactive isotopes are considered to be radiation sources. (Free translation from the original: Material IV - Glosario de Protección Civil, OPS, 1992)
Preferred term
Radiation Sources
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