Virginia Administrative Code (Last Updated: January 10, 2017) |
Title 12. Health |
Agency 5. Department of Health |
Chapter 481. Virginia Radiation Protection Regulations |
Section 250. Units of radioactivity
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For the purposes of this chapter, activity is expressed in the special unit of curies (Ci) or in the SI unit of becquerels (Bq), their multiples, or their disintegrations (transformations) per unit of time.
1. One becquerel equals 1 disintegration per second (s-1).
2. One curie equals 3.7 x 1010 disintegrations per second equals 3.7 x 1010 becquerels equals 2.22 x 1012 disintegrations per minute.
Historical Notes
Derived from Volume 22, Issue 25, eff. September 20, 2006; amended, Virginia Register Volume 24, Issue 18, eff. June 12, 2008; Volume 32, Issue 24, eff. August 25, 2016.
Statutory Authority
§ 32.1-229 of the Code of Virginia.