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RADIOACTIVE CLOUD [2 records]

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Alphabetical list of terms

Record 1 2008-02-16

English

Subject field(s)
  • Atomic Physics
  • Radioactive Contamination
DEF

A concentration of airborne radioactive particles that occurs following a nuclear accident.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Physique atomique
  • Pollution par radioactivité
DEF

Concentration accidentelle d'éléments radioactifs en suspension dans l'atmosphère.

OBS

Le nuage radioactif en général non visible, est détectable par des appareils de mesure.

OBS

panache radioactif : terme à proscrire selon la Commission spécialisée de terminologie et de néologie de l'ingénierie nucléaire (CSTNIN) de France.

Spanish

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Record 2 2004-05-13

English

Subject field(s)
  • Radioactive Contamination
  • Atomic Physics
DEF

The mixture of hot gases, smoke, dust and other particulate matters from the bomb itself and from the environment, which is carried aloft in conjunction with the rising ball of fire produced by the detonation of a nuclear weapon.

OBS

radioactive cloud: term officially recognized by the Emergency Preparedness Committee.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Pollution par radioactivité
  • Physique atomique
DEF

[Amas de] vapeurs à haute température, [de] fumée, [de] poussières et [d'autres] particules de matière de la bombe elle-même et de ce qui l'entoure, qui sont aspirées vers le haut avec la boule de feu ascendante produite par l'explosion d'un engin nucléaire.

OBS

nuage radioactif : terme adopté par le comité d'uniformisation de la terminologie de la protection civile.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Contaminación por radioactividad
  • Física atómica
DEF

Nube de partículas sólidas radiactivas formada como consecuencia de una explosión nuclear.

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