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airborne radionuclide [1 record]

Record 1 2000-03-16

English

Subject field(s)
  • Air Pollution
  • Radioactive Contamination
CONT

The higher intruder dose rate for the aboveground vault results from exposure to gamma radiation from waste and inhalation of airborne radionuclides when the vault deteriorates 500 years after facility closure.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Pollution de l'air
  • Pollution par radioactivité
OBS

Termes proposés sur le modèle de "polluant atmosphérique" et de "contaminant atmosphérique" (voir ces fiches), de "en suspension dans l'air" et "aéroporté" (en anglais : airborne, ou air-borne; voir cette fiche).

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Contaminación del aire
  • Contaminación por radioactividad
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