nuclear test
91test*/*/*/ — [test] noun [C] I 1) a set of written or spoken questions that is used for finding out how much someone knows about a subject Did you get a good mark in your physics test?[/ex] You re going to have to take the test again.[/ex] I passed my English …
92test ban — n. an agreement between or among nuclear powers to forgo tests of nuclear weapons, esp. in the atmosphere …
93nuclear medicine — n a branch of medicine dealing with the use of radioactive materials in the diagnosis and treatment of disease * * * the use of radionuclide (especially technetium 99m) as tracer to study the structure and function of organs of the body. The… …
94test ban — n an agreement between countries to stop testing ↑nuclear weapons ▪ the test ban treaty …
95test ban — test ban, adj. an agreement by nations producing nuclear weapons to refrain from testing them in the atmosphere. [1955 60] * * * …
96test ban — test′ ban n. an agreement by nations producing nuclear weapons to refrain from testing them in the atmosphere • Etymology: 1955–60 …
97Nuclear artillery — Upshot Knothole Grable, a 1953 test of a nuclear artillery projectile at Nevada Test Site (photo depicts an artillery piece with a 280 mm bore (11 inch), and the explosion of its artillery shell at a distance of 10 km (6.2 mi)) …
98Nuclear meltdown — Three of the reactors at Fukushima I overheated, causing core meltdowns. This was compounded by hydrogen gas explosions and the venting of contaminated steam which released large amounts of radioactive material into the air.[1] …
99Nuclear fuel response to reactor accidents — This page is devoted to a discussion of how uranium dioxide nuclear fuel behaves during both normal nuclear reactor operation and under reactor accident conditions such as overheating. Work in this area is often very expensive to conduct, and so… …
100Nuclear fallout — Fallout redirects here. For other uses, see Fallout (disambiguation). Nuclear weapons History Warfare Arms race Design Testing …
