A hot particle is a microscopic piece of radioactive material that can become lodged in living tissue and deliver a concentrated dose of radiation to a...
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physics, a subatomic particle is a particle smaller than an atom. According to the Standard Model of particle physics, a subatomic particle can be either a...
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zirconium-uranium-oxide melt formed from no more than 30% of the core. Examination of a hot particle showed a formation of Zr-U-O and UOx-Zr phases; the 0.9-mm-thick niobium...
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included; fuel particles, radioactive gases, and aerosol particles. The fuel particles were due to the violent interaction between hot fuel and the cooling...
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other suitable binder, which is pressed under a hot press, batch- or continuous- type, and produced. Particle board is often confused with oriented strand...
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measurable amounts of plutonium in their bodies. The "hot particle" theory in which a particle of plutonium dust irradiates a localized spot of lung tissue...
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J/psi meson (redirect from J particle)
The J/ψ (J/psi) meson /ˈdʒeɪ ˈsaɪ ˈmiːzɒn/ is a subatomic particle, a flavor-neutral meson consisting of a charm quark and a charm antiquark. Mesons formed...
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radiation exposure comes from hot particles in contact with or close to the skin of a person. Also, swallowed or inhaled hot particles could cause beta burns...
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years for evacuations to occur at other sites. The disaster spread hot particles over more than 52,000 square kilometres (20,000 sq mi), where at least...
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fleas are microscopic hot particles of new or spent nuclear fuel. While small, they tend to be intensely radioactive. The fuel particles, the size about 10...
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chains. Radioactive particles may be present due to traces of uranium, thorium, or other radionuclides in the fuel; hot particles can be present in case...
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Hot dark matter (HDM) is a theoretical form of dark matter which consists of particles that travel with ultrarelativistic velocities. Dark matter is a...
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fuel and oxidizer, where the fuel produces a significant amount of hot particles that cause/promote the ignition of the desired material. Initiator compositions...
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Particle image velocimetry (PIV) is an optical method of flow visualization used in education and research. It is used to obtain instantaneous velocity...
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accident at Sellafield. Fallout (series) Fallout shelter Fission product Hot particle Human radiation experiments List of nuclear accidents Lists of nuclear...
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fission products, either in the form of dissolved radioisotopes or hot particles, to enter the reactor coolant or storage water. The de facto standard...
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pharmaceuticals, or materials which may require extremely consistent, fine particle size. Air is most commonly used as the heated drying medium; however, nitrogen...
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A linear particle accelerator (often shortened to linac) is a type of particle accelerator that accelerates charged subatomic particles or ions to a high...
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overdose from a criticality accident. The explosion and fire threw hot particles of the nuclear fuel and more dangerous fission products into the air...
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Neutrino (redirect from Ν particle)
(/njuːˈtriːnoʊ/ new-TREE-noh; denoted by the Greek letter ν) is an elementary particle that interacts via the weak interaction and gravity. The neutrino is so...
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Baryon (redirect from Baryonic particles)
In particle physics, a baryon is a type of composite subatomic particle that contains an odd number of valence quarks, conventionally three. Protons and...
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In particle physics, the acronym WISP refers to a largely hypothetical weakly interacting sub-eV particle, or weakly interacting slender particle, or weakly...
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are separated. This is used by several fusion devices to confine the hot particles. A reaction's cross section, denoted σ, measures the probability that...
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variations between territories prior to the accident. Their discussion of 'hot particle' poisoning is cursory, and is unclear regarding dosage figures. The chapter...
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inhalation of the very hot air and fumes which presumably contained many toxic products...and, in addition, numerous hot particles of fine carbon or similar...
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Dark matter (section Undiscovered massive particles)
for them to do so. Faster particles (hot dark matter) can beat the time limit while slower particles cannot. The particles travel a free streaming length's...
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"clean", as late as 2011. It was found in 2021 that radioactive ("hot") particles persist in the soil, after international multidisciplinary team of...
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particles—are shallow surface burns, usually of skin and less often of lungs or gastrointestinal tract, caused by beta particles, typically from hot particles...
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Quark (category Elementary particles)
kwɑːrk/ ) is a type of elementary particle and a fundamental constituent of matter. Quarks combine to form composite particles called hadrons, the most stable...
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disruptions. They are a concern for ITER. In hot tokamaks, under some circumstances, minority hot particle species can stabilize the sawtooth instability...
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