Code of Federal Regulations (Last Updated: November 8, 2024) |
Title 10 - Energy |
Chapter I - Nuclear Regulatory Commission |
Part 20 - Standards for Protection Against Radiation |
Subpart A - General Provisions |
§ 20.1005 - Units of radioactivity.
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§ 20.1005 Units of radioactivity.
For the purposes of this part, activity is expressed in the special unit of curies (Ci) or in the SI unit of becquerels (Bq), or their multiples, or disintegrations (transformations) per unit of time.
(a) One becquerel = 1 disintegration per second (s−1).
(b) One curie = 3.7 × 1010 disintegrations per second = 3.7 × 1010 becquerels = 2.22 × 1012 disintegrations per minute.
[56 FR 23391, May 21, 1991; 56 FR 61352, Dec. 3, 1991]