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111High level waste — (HLW) is a type of nuclear waste that arises from the use of uranium fuel in a nuclear reactor and nuclear weapons processing. It contains the fission products and transuranic elements generated in the reactor core. HLW accounts for over 95% of… …
112Chernobyl compared to other radioactivity releases — This article compares the radioactivity release and decay from the Chernobyl disaster with various other events which involved a release of uncontrolled radioactivity. Contents 1 Chernobyl compared to background radiation 2 Chernobyl compared… …
113promethium — noun Etymology: New Latin, from Latin Prometheus Date: 1948 a radioactive metallic element of the rare earth group obtained as a fission product of uranium or from neutron irradiated neodymium see element table …
114Gold — This article is about the metal. For the color, see Gold (color). For other uses, see Gold (disambiguation). platinum ← gold → mercury …
115Zinc — This article is about the metallic element. For other uses, see Zinc (disambiguation). copper ← zinc → gallium ↑ Zn ↓ Cd …
116Martin Kamen — Martin David Kamen (August 27, 1913, Toronto – August 31, 2002), a physicist inside the Manhattan project. Together with Sam Ruben, he co discovered the isotope carbon 14 on February 27, 1940, at the University of California Radiation Laboratory …
117Sievert — The sievert (symbol: Sv) is the International System of Units (SI) SI derived unit of dose equivalent radiation. It attempts to quantitatively evaluate the biological effects of ionizing radiation as opposed to just the absorbed dose of radiation …
118Thermoluminescence dating — Thermoluminescence (TL) dating is the determination by means of measuring the accumulated radiation dose of the time elapsed since material containing crystalline minerals was either heated (lava, ceramics) or exposed to sunlight (sediments). As… …
119RORSAT — Radar Ocean Reconnaissance SATellite or RORSAT is the western name given to the Soviet Upravlyaemyj Sputnik Aktivnyj (Управляемый Спутник Активный) (US A) satellites. These satellites were launched between 1967 and 1988 to monitor NATO and… …
120United Kingdom Atomic Energy Authority — The United Kingdom Atomic Energy Authority (UKAEA) was established in 1954 as a statutory corporation [http://www.parliament.the stationery office.co.uk/pa/cm200607/cmselect/cmpubacc/409/40905.htm] to oversee and pioneer the development of… …
