Physics GCSE
man-made sources
What man-made sources means in Physics GCSE, as defined for AQA.
Definition of man-made sources
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Reference: AQA
Sources such as the fallout from nuclear weapons testing and nuclear accidents that contribute to background radiation.
Topics that use man-made sources
- Background radiation (AQA GCSE)
Related terms
- background correction
- dose versus activity
- occupational dose
- risk to tissue
- altitude and cosmic rays
- dose monitoring
- natural sources
- radon and geology
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