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- noun The International System unit of radioactivity, equal to one nuclear decay or other nuclear transformation per second.
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- noun In the
International System of Units , thederived unit ofradioactive activity ; the activity of a quantity ofradioactive material in which onenucleus decays persecond . Symbol:Bq
Etymologies
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A becquerel is the measure of the radioactive decay of one unstable atom; a terabecquerel is a trillion becquerels.
The Washington Post: National, World & D.C. Area News and Headlines - washingtonpost.com 2011
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A becquerel is a measurement of radioactive intensity.
CNN.com 2011
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A becquerel is a frequently used measure of radiation, and a petabecquerel is a million billion becquerels.
NYT > Home Page By HIROKO TABUCHI 2011
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From a sample from the town of Kunimi about 40 miles northwest of the plant—the most distant among the four locations—1,400 becquerel per kilogram of iodine-131 was detected.
Radiation in Food Rises Juro Osawa 2011
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From one milk sample from Iidate—the same village with the tainted water—5,200 becquerel per kilogram of iodine-131 was detected, about 17 times the 300-becquerel limit set by law.
Radiation in Food Rises Juro Osawa 2011
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He says that before the crisis he had never heard of microsieverts and becquerel, the units of radiation measurement that he now spends so much time studying.
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A becquerel represents one radioactive event per second.
Japan Concedes Severity of Blast Chester Dawson 2011
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The normal amount set by Japanese law is 2,000 becquerel per kilogram.
Radiation in Food Rises Juro Osawa 2011
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The amount found ranged from 2.2 to 8.0 becquerels per kilogram of iodine-131, far below the 100 becquerel per kilogram stipulated in the government's safety limit for milk and dairy products.
Japan Calls Nuclear Adviser's Exit a 'Misunderstanding' Kana Inagaki 2011
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A becquerel represents one radioactive event per second.
Japan Links More Cattle to Cesium-Tainted Feed Kosaku Narioka 2011
bilby commented on the word becquerel
Are you feeling run down, like you just lost a bequerel?
Stonkered, as if butt-slapped with a mackerel?
If you're seeking a means
To recharge your bounce beans
Perhaps a holiday and mango daquiri 'll?
June 23, 2022