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nuclear radiation

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ID 725005 Last modified 30.12.2004
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Domain Nuclear Technology & Nuclear Industry
  • particulate and electromagnetic radiation emitted from atomic nuclei in various nuclear processes. The important nuclear radiations, from the weapon standpoint, are alpha and beta particles, gamma rays, and neutrons. All nuclear radiations are ionizing radiations, but the reverse is not true; X-rays for example, are included among ionizing radiations, but they are not nuclear radiations since they do not originate from atomic nuclei.
  • the radiation emitted from atomic nuclei, i.e. alpha and beta particles, neutrons, gamma radiation, etc.
tuumakiirgus
nuclear radiation
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  • The successful tenderer shall deliver to the transporter a certificate from an official entity, certifying that for the product to be delivered, the standards applicable, relative to nuclear radiation, in the Member State concerned have not been exceeded. The radioactivity certificate must indicate the caesium -134 and -137 and lodium -131 levels.
Kernstrahlung

Militerm | riigikaitseterminite andmebaas

ID 527114 Last modified 01.01.2005
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Domain Weapons and Weapon Systems -> Nuclear WeaponsGeneral Conduct of Military Operations -> Nuclear Warfare
tuumakiirgus preferred
nukleaarne kiirgus deprecated
nuclear radiation preferred
  • ionizing radiation resulting from the detonation of a nuclear weapon
tuumakiirgus preferred
nukleaarne kiirgus deprecated
nuclear radiation preferred
rayonnement nucléaire preferred

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