nuclear facility

collocation in English

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nuclear
adjective
uk
/ˈnjuː.klɪər/us
/ˈnuː.kliː.ɚ/
being or using the power produced when the nucleus of an atom is divided or joined to ...
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facility
noun
uk
/fəˈsɪl.ə.ti/us
/fəˈsɪl.ə.t̬i/
a place, especially including buildings, where a particular ...
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(Definition ofnuclearandfacilityfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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Export controls on items and materials which may be used in anuclearfacilityare under constant review.
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The whole plant must comply with internationalnuclearfacilityregulations.
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The minimum quantity of fissile material required for criticality in an underground nuclear repository would be the same as that in any othernuclearfacility.
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The decommissioning of anuclearfacilityis a matter for the operators, taking account of the requirements of the regulatory authorities.
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Federal law requires an early warning system that radiates out 10 miles from anynuclearfacility.
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He told me also that there is an unidentifiednuclearfacility.
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We want to know just what will be done with those submarines, especially if the yard is to be privatised and have anuclearfacilityavailable.
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This was the first attack on a nuclear reactor and only the third on anuclearfacilityin history.
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The attack was the first on a nuclear reactor and only the third on anuclearfacilityin history.
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The creature raids thenuclearfacilitybefore the authorities can remove the radioactive cobalt to a safe distance.
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When they exceed their allowable radiation exposure limit at a specific facility, they often migrate to a differentnuclearfacility.
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Atta briefly mentioned the possibility of striking anuclearfacility, but balked after the other attack pilots voiced their opposition.
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We estimate the cost of reinstating the site to be in the order of £15 million; this was taken into account in the comparative assessment of thenuclearfacilityproposals.
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In that time there has not been a single radiation fatality—a previous speaker referred to that—to a member of the public or a worker at any civilnuclearfacility.
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Conversion of the plant began in 1986 and was completed at a cost of $500 million, almost twice the original estimate of thenuclearfacility.
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As thenuclearfacilitywas being deactivated, a second generator was being installed and this was followed by a second conventional boiler.
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Their presence was not known to the scientists nearby, and time-travel was not the intent of the experiment at thenuclearfacility.
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The material can be recovered from various sources including dust from the vicinity of anuclearfacility, or from the radioactive debris following a nuclear explosion.
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The device is particularly useful in instances where the radiation fields inside anuclearfacilityare unknown but required in order to plan a suitable nuclear decommissioning strategy.
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