An ideal environment would be a place that is naturally very cold and very dry, with low air pressure andbackgroundradiation.
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These equations are coupled to abackgroundradiationfluid, whose dynamics are determined by an acoustic wave equation.
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The remainder ofbackgroundradiationis time invariant by comparison.
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For alfa-emitters thebackgroundradiationlevels were reached after laser-based deactivation, and for beta-emitters initial activity was reduced by a factor of tens or more.
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This hypothetical link between cosmic radiation and epigenetic changes may only be the tip of the iceberg regardingbackgroundradiationeffects.
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If the reactor is shut down, the gamma and neutron radiation falls to naturalbackgroundradiationlevels.
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Water and seabed silt samples showed no increase inbackgroundradiationlevels.
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If we are to evaluate the effect of radiation doses on the population, we must compare them with naturally occurringbackgroundradiation.
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These areas having highbackgroundradiationmight have the required rock formation and be near the coast and, therefore, attract a private nuclear installation.
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Scientists believe that we are increasing thebackgroundradiationin the world to the point of danger.
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I am advised that the level of naturalbackgroundradiationis insignificant, and that its variation is, therefore, also an insignificant factor.
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Those sites have been examined and no evidence of any increase in the level ofbackgroundradiationhas been found.
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People are known to thrive in atmospheres with highbackgroundradiation.
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How aboutbackgroundradiationor the electrical discharge one sees in storms and so on?
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The total additional radiation from testing is small compared with thebackgroundradiationto which we are all subject.
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