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NUCLEAR THRESHOLD [7 records]

Record 1 2010-09-27

English

Subject field(s)
  • Nuclear Physics
DEF

A nuclear reaction which takes place only if the incident particle possesses an energy at least equal to the threshold energy.

OBS

Sometimes the term is applied to reactions for which there is a small probability below a certain energy value and a large probability above the value.

OBS

threshold reaction: term standardized by ISO.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Physique nucléaire
DEF

Réaction nucléaire qui a lieu seulement si la particule incidente possède une énergie au moins égale au seuil d'énergie.

OBS

Ce terme s'applique parfois à des réactions pour lesquelles il existe une faible probabilité au-dessous d'une certaine valeur d'énergie et une forte probabilité au-dessus de cette valeur.

OBS

réaction à seuil : terme normalisé par l'ISO.

Spanish

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Record 2 2001-01-24

English

Subject field(s)
  • Weapon Systems
DEF

The point where there is no choice except conventional defeat or nuclear escalation.

OBS

nuclear threshold : term(s) extracted from the "Disarmament and Peace Keeping" glossary with the permission of the United Nations Office at Geneva.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Systèmes d'armes
OBS

seuil nucléaire; seuil atomique : terme(s) tiré(s) du lexique «Désarmement et Maintien de la Paix» avec l'autorisation de l'Office des Nations Unies à Genève.

Spanish

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Record 3 2000-03-06

English

Subject field(s)
  • Water Supply
CONT

Monitoring of water quality during capital and maintenance dredging with a cutterhead dredge in the Bécancour harbour between 1983 and 1984 showed that the critical suspended solids concentration threshold of 100 mg/L was rarely exceeded close to the raw water intake of the Gentilly nuclear power plant 1 km downstream.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Alimentation en eau
CONT

Un suivi de la qualité de l'eau effectué lors des projets de dragage de capitalisation et d'entretien réalisés dans le port de Bécancour en 1983 et 1984 à l'aide d'une drague hydraulique à désagrégateur indique que le seuil critique de 100 mg/L de MES n'a été dépassé qu'en de rares occasions à la proximité de la prise d'eau brute de la centrale nucléaire de Gentilly, située à 1 km en aval.

Spanish

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Record 4 1994-03-18

English

Subject field(s)
  • Military Strategy
  • Military (General)
CONT

As the Government supports an incremental, but deliberate and progressive approach to a nuclear test ban, we welcomed the 1990 Bush-Gorbachev agreement on verification protocols, which finalized the 1974 Threshold Test Ban Treaty and the 1976 Peaceful Nuclear Explosion Treaty.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Stratégie militaire
  • Militaire (Généralités)

Spanish

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Record 5 1994-03-18

English

Subject field(s)
  • Military Strategy
  • Military (General)
CONT

As the Government supports an incremental, but deliberate and progressive approach to a nuclear test ban, we welcomed the 1990 Bush-Gorbachev agreement on verification protocols, which finalized the 1974 Threshold Test Ban Treaty and the 1976 Peaceful Nuclear Explosion Treaty.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Stratégie militaire
  • Militaire (Généralités)

Spanish

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Record 6 1994-03-18

English

Subject field(s)
  • Military Strategy
  • Military (General)
CONT

As the Government supports an incremental, but deliberate and progressive approach to a nuclear test ban, we welcomed the 1990 Bush-Gorbachev agreement on verification protocols, which finalized the 1974 Threshold Test Ban Treaty and the 1976 Peaceful Nuclear Explosion Treaty.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Stratégie militaire
  • Militaire (Généralités)

Spanish

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Record 7 1985-01-21

English

Subject field(s)
  • General Conduct of Military Operations
DEF

An intangible and adjustable line between levels and types of conflict, such as the separation between nuclear and nonnuclear warfare. The greater the reluctance to use nuclear weapons, the higher the threshold.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Conduite générale des opérations militaires

Spanish

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