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1) The becquerel (Bq) is the unit used to measure the amount of radioactivity, indicating the number of nuclei that decay per second. The sievert (Sv) is the unit used to measure radiation exposure dose to humans. 2) To calculate the effective dose in sieverts, the absorbed dose in grays must be multiplied by the radiation weighting factor and tissue weighting factors to account for different biological effects of different radiation types and differences in organ sensitivity. 3) Operational quantities

Author
Stevenzel Eala Estella
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