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nreo:canonicalLabel "background" (en)
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skos:definition "The 'dose' or 'dose rate' (or an observed measure related to the 'dose' or 'dose '<br/>
'rate') attributable to all 'sources' other than the one(s) specified.<br/>
Strictly, this applies to measurements of 'dose rate' or count rate from a sample, <br/>where the 'background dose rate 'or count rate must be subtracted from all <br/>measurements. However, 'background' is used more generally, in any situation <br/>in which a particular 'source' (or group of 'sources') is under consideration, to <br/>refer to the effects of other 'sources'. It is also applied to quantities other than <br/>'doses' or 'dose rates', such as 'activity concentrations' in environmental media.<br/>
<i><b>natural background.</b></i> The 'doses', 'dose rates' or <i>activity concentrations<br/></i>associated with 'natural sources' or any other 'sources' in the environment <br/>that are not amenable to 'control'.<br/>
This is normally considered to include 'doses', 'dose rates' or <i>activity <br/>concentrations</i> associated with 'natural sources', global fallout (but not local <br/>fallout) from atmospheric nuclear weapon tests and the Chernobyl 'accident'.<br/>" (en)
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