criticality accident

collocation in English

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criticality
noun
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/ˌkrɪt.ɪˈkæl.ə.ti/us
/ˌkrɪt.ɪˈkæl.ə.t̬i/
physicsspecialized
a nuclear chain reaction that is able to continue by itself, or the conditions under which ...
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accident
noun
uk
/ˈæk.sɪ.dənt/us
/ˈæk.sə.dənt/
something bad that happens that is not expected or intended and that often damages something or ...
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(Definition ofcriticalityandaccidentfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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Additionally, nuclear criticality safety is concerned with mitigating the consequences of a nuclearcriticalityaccident.
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While acriticalityaccidentwas not believed to account for these beams, the beams could indicate nuclear fission is occurring.
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A nuclearcriticalityaccidentoccurs from operations that involve fissile material and results in a sudden and potentially lethal release of radiation.
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Acute neutron radiation exposure (e.g., from a nuclearcriticalityaccident) converts some of the stable in human blood plasma to.
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The direct cause of thecriticalityaccidentwas workers putting uranyl nitrate solution containing about 16 kg of uranium, which exceeded the critical mass for the precipitation tank.
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This resulted in acriticalityaccident.
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But accidents in nuclear installations, especially criticality accidents, are the most feared of all accidents.
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Criticality accidents have occurred in the past, some of them with lethal consequences.
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The criticality accidents may be divided into two classes.
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Human radiation experiments studying plutonium were conducted without informed consent, and several criticality accidents, some lethal, occurred during and after the war.
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This type of test resulted in several criticality accidents.
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Nuclear criticality safety practitioners attempt to prevent nuclear criticality accidents by analyzing normal and abnormal fissile material operations and designing safe arrangements for the processing of fissile materials.
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