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11low-level radioactive waste — noun (medicine) radioactive waste consisting of objects that have been briefly exposed to radioactivity (as in certain medical tests) • Topics: ↑medicine, ↑medical specialty • Hypernyms: ↑radioactive waste …
12Radioactive waste — 2007 ISO radioactivity danger logo, designed in part for long term radioactive waste depositories which might survive into a far future time in which all knowledge of the meaning of present common radiation danger symbols and signs has been lost… …
13nuclear reactor — Physics. reactor (def. 4). Also called nuclear pile. [1940 45] * * * Device that can initiate and control a self sustaining series of nuclear fission reactions. Neutrons released in one fission reaction may strike other heavy nuclei, causing them …
14Nuclear fuel cycle — The nuclear fuel cycle, also called nuclear fuel chain, is the progression of nuclear fuel through a series of differing stages. It consists of steps in the front end, which are the preparation of the fuel, steps in the service period in which… …
15Nuclear reprocessing — technology was developed to chemically separate and recover fissionable plutonium from irradiated nuclear fuel.[1] Reprocessing serves multiple purposes, whose relative importance has changed over time. Originally reprocessing was used solely to… …
16Nuclear fission product — Nuclear fission products are the atomic fragments left after a large atomic nucleus fissions. Typically, a large nucleus like that of uranium fissions by splitting into two smaller nuclei, along with a few neutrons and a large release of energy… …
17Chernobyl after the disaster — Main article: Chernobyl disaster The Chernobyl disaster, (Ukrainian: Чорнобильська катастрофа) Chornobylʹsʹka katastrofa, was a nuclear accident that occurred on 26 April 1986 at the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant in the Ukrainian Soviet Socialist …
18Corium (nuclear reactor) — LFCM redirects here. For the airport, see List of airports by ICAO code: L. The Three Mile Island reactor 2 after the meltdown. Corium, also called fuel containing material (FCM) or lava like fuel containing material (LFCM), is a lava like molten …
19Long-lived fission product — Long lived fission products are radioactive materials with a long half life (more than 200,000 years) produced by nuclear fission. Contents 1 Evolution of radioactivity in nuclear waste 1.1 Short term 1.2 Medium lived fission products …
20Plutonium in the environment — is an article which is part of the actinides in the environment series. Almost all plutonium present in the environment is due to human activity because the majority of plutonium isotopes are shortlived on a geological timescale.… …
