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TOTAL NUCLEAR ACTIVITY [1 record]

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Record 1 1996-05-31

English

Subject field(s)
  • Nuclear Physics
  • Chemistry
  • Nuclear Waste Materials
CONT

Table 3 shows the relative proportions of the different classes of low-level radioactive wastes .... It is noteworthy that mine and mill tailings dominate in both volume and specific activity. Figure 6 shows the "other" category of Figure 5 again, this time by volume and total activity.

OBS

For a material containing a specified radionuclide, the ratio of the activity of that radionuclide and its short-lived daughter products to the total activity of the material is called the "radioactive purity".

Key term(s)
  • total nuclear activity

French

Domaine(s)
  • Physique nucléaire
  • Chimie
  • Déchets nucléaires
Key term(s)
  • activité nucléaire totale
  • activité radioactive totale

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Física nuclear
  • Química
  • Desechos nucleares
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