radiation leak

collocation in English

meaningsofradiationandleak

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radiation
noun[U]
uk
/ˌreɪ.diˈeɪ.ʃən/us
/ˌreɪ.diˈeɪ.ʃən/
a form of energy that comes from a nuclear reaction and that can be very dangerous ...
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leak
noun[C]
uk
/liːk/us
/liːk/
a hole or crack through which a liquid or gas can flow out of a container, or the liquid or gas that ...
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(Definition ofradiationandleakfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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He talks in his letter about aradiationleak.
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It could tackle disasters, such as those following earthquakes, cyclones or a major chemical or nuclearradiationleakin a developing country.
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The first responsibility of the police is to control access to the area around the immediate source of aradiationleak, or possible leak.
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I have searched for one case of the death of a nuclear power worker directly attributable to aradiationleak.
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It is too common these days for the press to take anyradiationleakstory and blow it up out of all proportion.
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As to procedures for reporting aradiationleak, as there was no leak these procedures are simply not relevant to the case in question.
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There is noradiationleak.
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In the story line, a nuclear power plant malfunctions and receives false information of aradiationleak.
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When he emerges from stasis, three million years later, he discovers that everybody has died from aradiationleak.
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We should like to know, for example, what the procedures are for reporting radiation leaks when they occur.
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When was the department first informed about the radiation leaks?
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Bi-yearly checks are mandatory on such equipment in most countries by regulating agencies to ensure that there are no radiation leaks.
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The upper deck inhabitants were mutated by radiation leaking through the ship's hull.
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The reactor building was just north of the tornado's path and suffered $200,000 in damage, but no radiation leaks occurred.
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The government and officials denied any radiation leaks and attributed the accident to a leakeage of water from a pump that has nothing to do with the normal fuel cycle.
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