millicurie-destroyed

millicurie-destroyed

[¦mil·ə¦kyu̇r·ē di′strȯid] (nucleonics) A unit of radiation dose, equal to the radiation emitted by a sample over a period during which its activity decreases by 1 millicurie; for radon-222 (for which this unit is most often used), it is approximately 133 milligram-hours. Abbreviated mcd.