Radiation Protection Glossary
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Risk
In general terms risk can be defined as the potential for unwanted, adverse consequences to human life, property, health, environment or society. The calculation (or estimation) of risk is usually based on the Probability
of the event occurring multiplied by the consequence of the event given that it has occurred. In order to do this a Risk Assessment
has to be made which looks at all the hazards, severities and conditional probabilities.
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