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81Nuclear MASINT — Intelligence Cycle Management Collection Management MASINT Electro optical MASINT Nuclear MASINT Geophysical MASINT Radar MASINT Materials MASINT Radiofrequency MASINT Nuclear MASINT is one of the six major subdisciplines generally accepted to… …
82Nuclear drip line — In nuclear physics, the boundaries for nuclear particle stability are conceptualized as drip lines. The nuclear landscape is understood by plotting boxes, each of which represents a unique nuclear species, on a graph with the number of neutrons… …
83Nuclear power whistleblowers — There have been a number of nuclear power whistleblowers, often nuclear engineers, who have identified safety concerns at nuclear power plants in the United States. In some cases the whistleblowers gained the attention of journalists and their… …
84nuclear ceramics — Introduction ceramic materials employed in the generation of nuclear power (nuclear energy) and in the disposal of radioactive nuclear wastes. In their nuclear related functions, ceramics are of major importance. Since the beginning… …
85nuclear — adj. 1 of, relating to, or constituting a nucleus. 2 using nuclear energy (nuclear reactor). 3 having nuclear weapons. Phrases and idioms: nuclear bomb a bomb involving the release of energy by nuclear fission or fusion or both. nuclear… …
86Nuclear energy in South Africa — Koeberg Nuclear Power Station South Africa is the only country in Africa with a commercial nuclear power plant[1][nb 1] and it currently has an expansion policy based upon the Pebble Bed M …
87Nuclear material — This article is about the materials. For parts of the nucleus, see atomic nucleus. Nuclear material refers to the metals uranium, plutonium, and thorium, in any form, according to the IAEA. This is differentiated further into source material ,… …
88Potential energy surface — A potential energy surface is generally used within the adiabatic or Born–Oppenheimer approximation in quantum mechanics and statistical mechanics to model chemical reactions and interactions in simple chemical and physical systems. The… …
89Nuclear poison — A nuclear poison, also called a neutron poison is a substance with a large neutron absorption cross section in applications, such as nuclear reactors, when absorbing neutrons is an undesirable effect. However neutron absorbing materials, also… …
90potential — /peuh ten sheuhl/, adj. 1. possible, as opposed to actual: the potential uses of nuclear energy. 2. capable of being or becoming: a potential danger to safety. 3. Gram. expressing possibility: the potential subjunctive in Latin; the potential use …
