Look up: fallout

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   Fallout
   Fallout is a general term applied to Radioactive materials, produced by detonation of a nuclear device in the atmosphere, which fall back to earth. Fallout can sometimes be thought of as a secondary (radiation / contamination) hazard from a nuclear weapon once the explosion, prompt Gamma and Neutron radiation has passed. Where as the initial radiation doses delivered will be fixed by the physical distance between the explosion and those exposed, fallout can be carried great distances by atmospheric conditions and thus deliver significant radiation doses to those not effected by the initial explosion. Recently, and particularly in the light of the Chernobyl accident, fallout can also be applied to any nuclear accident (event) which results in atmospheric dispersion of radioactive material.
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   fallout
   [n] - the radioactive particles that settle to the ground after a nuclear explosion
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   fallout
   Harmful radioactive material released into the atmosphere in the debris of a nuclear explosion (see nuclear warfare) and descending to the surface of the Earth. Such material can enter the food...
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   fallout
   1)polluting particles which come down again towards the ground; 2)quantity of substances naturally laid by area unit in a definite time Category: Environment • the spread and deposition of radioactive substances on earth and in the atmosphere following atomic reactor accidents, thermonuclear bomb explosions or due to natural causes from ionising radiation; Also written fall-out Cate...
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   fallout
   radioactive dust noun the radioactive particles that settle to the ground after a nuclear explosion
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   Fallout
   `Fallout` may refer to: *Nuclear fallout, the residual radiation hazard from a nuclear explosion. *`Fallout` (computer game), a 1997 post-apocalyptic computer role-playing game released by Interplay Entertainment. **`Fallout` series, the sequels and spinoff games derived from `Fallout`. *Fall-out, someone who lags behind his unit formation in the military In `television`: *`Fallout (RTÉ drama)`, an Irish television drama concerning a nuclear acc...
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   fallout
   deposition of radioactive materials on the Earth from the atmosphere. The terms rain out and snow out are sometimes used to specify such deposition ... [7 related articles]
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   fallout
   fallout, minute particles of radioactive material produced by nuclear explosions (see atomic bomb; hydrogen bomb; Chernobyl) or by discharge from nuclear-power or atomic installations and scattered throughout the earth's atmosphere by winds and convection currents. Heavier fallout particles tend to ...
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