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radiation zone

[‚rād·ē′ā·shən ‚zōn]
(electromagnetism)
McGraw-Hill Dictionary of Scientific & Technical Terms, 6E, Copyright © 2003 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc.
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The zone under the dashed line on Figure 1 indicates solar radiation zone where HONO molecules are decomposed to OH radical and NO.
Meade, famous for proclaiming the apocalypse due to collision with a mysterious planet called Nibiru, reckons that a radiation zone above the Earth prevented NASA from reaching the moon.
The radiation zone of the furnace is covered on three sides by wall of water tubes forming the first pass and the conventional smoke tube shell has tubes lined up forming the second and third pass of flue gases.
Thus, the dose rates of these two tasks are set to the maximal dose rate (0.03 mSv/h) allowed by the radiation zone for this room (Figure 8(b), work positions 7 and 8), which is a conservative estimate.
Had the Russians unleashed a few of the bigger weapons on Faslane, down in Irvine, we'd have been caught in the thermal radiation zone. We'd have had third–degree burns and enjoyed a few days of very low–quality life in the nuclear winter before we died.
He published articles and photographs in the Mail and in his Brummagem magazine about my dad and he invited me onto his radio show to talk about my charitable work in the Chernobyl radiation zone.
"In light of the 60th annual memorial event of the 2030 Nuclear War," reads the blocky cream text, "the Lebanese Post-Nuclear Association presents the first exhibition of its kind, 'The Aftermath: items from the Beirut Ground Zero Radiation Zone.' With a special appearance and lecture by Dr.
Malcolm tells Jack to go into the radiation zone and see for himself what the truth of the matter was.
The hypothesis is confirmed in virtually all cases, as the bed is found indeed to be located in a radiation zone. Usually, the geopathically most stressed region agrees with the respective clinical picture and its maximal region - for instance, in the case of lower back pain it takes the form of segmental geopathic stress in the pelvic region.
"We worked on a project for Japan to develop an automatic remotely controlled machine with a 50m umbilical cord so it could carry out work in a radiation zone.
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