(3) Aktiveerimine on protsess, mille käigus stabiilne nukliid muudetakse radionukliidiks, kiiritades seda sisaldavat materjali osakestega või suure energiaga footonitega.
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(3) Activation means a process through which a stable nuclide is transformed into a radionuclide by irradiating with particles or high-energy photons the material in which it is contained.