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roentgen equivalent man

noun

  1. the dose of ionizing radiation that produces the same effect in man as one roentgen of x- or gamma-radiation REMrem
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Energy Department records, Gerlach said, indicate the guards were exposed to far less than 1 Roentgen equivalent man, or rem, per year when in fact “they probably all received 5 to 6 rem per year,” based on employee records reviewed by Lawson while he was union safety officer.

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Radiation levels are measured in units called rems — for "Roentgen equivalent man."

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