residual radiation


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residual radiation

Nuclear radiation caused by fallout, artificial dispersion of radioactive material, or irradiation which results from a nuclear explosion and persists longer than one minute after burst. See also contamination; induced radiation; initial radiation.
Dictionary of Military and Associated Terms. US Department of Defense 2005.
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"The residual radiation impact resulting from the blasts in Raskoh mountain range have caused diseases like lung, liver, and blood cancer, skin diseases, typhoid, and infectious hepatitis, as well as serious effects on the nervous system, blood pressure, eyes, and throats, and on newborn babies."
As a result, the Ukrainian government does not have sufficient funds to finance the programs needed to properly protect people from residual radiation, Greenpeace said.
Some of my companions anxiously asked about residual radiation, leading me to remark that there are many cancer patients in my country who have to pay for radiation, so I won't complain about getting it free in Nagasaki.
"A strong confirmation of a tactical thermonuclear attack on a Yemeni airbase, a neutron bomb attack (NRR No Residual Radiation), proves that the war on Yemen is now clearly an "Israeli" war."
"I do not believe it's safe and I don't want to put my children at risk." People returned to live on Rongelap in 1957 but fled again in 1985 amid fears -- later proved correct -- about residual radiation. One of the more than 60 islands in Rongelap has been cleaned up as part of a US-funded $45 million programme, but Ralpho-Jeadrik has no intention of going back.
Residual radiation is present in the Tokamaks however staff are protected from this by a system involving 900 tonne, 3ft thick concrete doors, meaning that the exposure to radiation in the control room is actually lower than outside in the natural environment as the shielding blocks out all the background radiation that would otherwise be present.
As a first step towards the monopole design, four essential parameters are defined for characterization and analysis convenience: they are the phase [[phi].sub.MTM TL] induced from single artificial TL element, the [[phi].sub.Mono] caused by the residual radiation part of the host monopole, the resonant modes (indices) n and the number of the utilized artificial TL element N.