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Term: skyshine
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Definition: ionizing radiation that reaches an object from a radioactive source through scattering by the air

Note 1 to entry: The term is typically used to describe the scattering over the top of a shielding wall.

Note 2 to entry: Sometimes the term includes the radiation scattered from the neighbouring structures.

Note 3 to entry: This entry was numbered 393-17-30 in IEC 60050-393:2003.


Publication date:2014-03
SourceISO 921:1997, definition 1132, modified
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