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Nuclear energy
Nuclear binding energy is the energy required to split a nucleus of an atom into its component parts. The component parts are neutrons and protons, which are collectively called nucleons. The binding energy of nuclei is always a positive number, since all nuclei require net energy to separate them into individual protons and neutrons.
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biological half-life
Energy; Nuclear energy
The time required for a biological system, such as that of a human, to eliminate, by natural processes, half of the amount of a substance (such as a radioactive material) that has entered it.
bioassay
Energy; Nuclear energy
The determination of kinds, quantities, or concentrations and, in some cases, locations of radioactive material in the human body, whether by direct measurement (in vivo counting) or by analysis and ...
binding energy
Energy; Nuclear energy
The minimum energy required to separate the nucleus of an atom into its component neutrons and protons.
beyond design-basis accidents
Energy; Nuclear energy
This term is used as a technical way to discuss accident sequences that are possible but were not fully considered in the design process because they were judged to be too unlikely. (In that sense, ...
beta particle
Energy; Nuclear energy
A charged particle (with a mass equal to 1/1837 that of a proton) that is emitted from the nucleus of a radioactive element during radioactive decay (or disintegration) of an unstable atom. A ...
becquerel (Bq)
Energy; Nuclear energy
One of three units used to measure radioactivity, which refers to the amount of ionizing radiation released when an element (such as uranium) spontaneously emits energy as a result of the radioactive ...
bayesian prior
Energy; Nuclear energy
A way to express the context of a Bayesian estimation in which initial data are updated as new data become available.
