Glossary
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A	(top)
	A ABACC Absorbed dose Accelerator Acid rain Actinide Activation Activation analysis Activity AEC AESJ Alpha decay Alpha particle American Nuclear Society (ANS) ANS Atom Atomic energy Atomic number Atoms for Peace Attenuation Availability factor
B	(top)
	Background radiation Backscattering Backup safety system Baffles Bare Barn Becquerel (Bq) Beta decay Beta particle Binding energy Biological half-life Biomass Biosphere Boiling water reactor (BWR) Boron Breeder reactor Breeding ratio Bremsstrahlung British thermal unit (Btu) BSP Btu Burnup Burnup, specific BWR
C	(top)
	C Cadmium CANDU Canister Capability factor Capacity factor Carbon dating Carbon dioxide Carcinogen Cask CAT scanner Ceramic Cerenkov radiation Chain reaction Chemical energy Chemical reaction Cladding CNS Common mode failure Compound nucleus Compton effect Condenser Confinement system Construction permit Containment Contamination Controlled area Control rods Control room Coolant Coolant/moderator Cooling tower Core Core meltdown Corrosion Cosmic rays coulomb (C) Critical (criticality) Criticality accident Critical mass Critical size Cross section Curie (Ci)
D	(top)
	Decay chain Decay product Decommissioning Deuterium Dose Dose equivalent
E	(top)
	Efficiency Electrical energy Electromagnetic spectrum Electron Electron volt Electroscope Element Energy Energy conversion ENS Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) EPA Equivalent dose Exposure
F	(top)
	Fast breeder reactor (FBR) Fast reactor FBR Fertile Film badge Fissile Fission Fission products Fossil fuel FSU Fuel assembly Fuel cost Fuel cycle Fuel fabrication plant Fuel pellet Fuel rod Fusion
G	(top)
	Gamma radiation Gamma ray Gas cooled reactor Gaseous diffusion plant Geiger counter Generator Geologic repository Geothermal energy Glove box Graphite gray (Gy) Greenhouse effect GRS Gy
H	(top)
	Half-life Heavy water Heavy water reactor (HWR) Helium High level waste (HLW) High-temperature gas-cooled reactor (HTGR) HLW Hormesis Hot cell HTGR HWR Hydroelectric Hydropower
I	(top)
	IAEA ICRP IFR ILO INEA INLA INSAG INSC Institut de Protection et de Sûreté Nucléaire (IPSN) Integral Fast Reactor (IFR) International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) International Commission on Radiological Protection (ICRP) International Labour Organization (ILO) International System of Units (SI) Ion Ionization Ionization chamber Ionizing radiation IPSN Isotopes Isotopic power generator
J	(top)
	joule (J)
K	(top)
	kilowatt-hour (kwh) Kinetic energy KNS kwh
L	(top)
	Labeling License Light water reactor (LWR) Linear no-threshold hypothesis (LNT) Liquid metal fast breeder reactor (LMFBR) Liquid metal reactor (LMR) LLW LMR Low level waste (LLW) LWR
M	(top)
	Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) Manipulator Mass number MHTGR millirem Mill tailings Mixed oxide fuel (MOX) Moderator Modular High Temperature Gas Reactor (MHTGR) Molecule Monitor Monitored retrievable storage (MRS) MOX mrem MRI
N	(top)
	NASA Naturally Occurring Radioactive Material (NORM) Natural uranium NEA NEI NEST Neutron NMR Non-proliferation Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT) Nonrenewable NORM NPT NRC Nuclear chain reaction Nuclear chemistry Nuclear energy Nuclear Energy Agency (NEA) Nuclear Energy Institute (NEI) Nuclear engineer Nuclear fission Nuclear fuel Nuclear magnetic resonance imaging (NMR) Nuclear medicine Nuclear power plant Nuclear proliferation Nuclear reactor Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) Nuclear waste Nuclei Nucleon Nucleus Nuclide
O	(top)
	ODAP OECD Once-through (fuel cycle) Operating cost Operating license Orbit Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD)
P	(top)
	Partitioning Partitioning-Transmutation Periodic table Photosynthesis Pitchblende Plasma Plutonium PNC Potential energy Power plant Pressure vessel Pressurized water reactor (PWR) Primary energy source Primary system Proton P-T PWR
Q	(top)
	Quad Quality factor (Q)
R	(top)
	R rad Radiant energy Radiation Radiation dose Radioactive Radioactive decay Radioactive isotope (radioisotope) Radioactivity Radiochemistry Radiography Radioisotope Radioisotope Thermoelectric Generator (RTG) Radionuclide Radiotoxicity Radium Radon Reactor Recycling Regional Cooperative Agreement (RCA) Regulate Regulation rem Renewable Repository Reprocessing Risk assessment roentgen (R) RTG Rubidium
S	(top)
	Safety system Scintillation counter Secondary energy source Secondary system Shielding Shipping cask SI sievert (Sv) Sodium Solar energy Spent fuel casks Spent fuel pool Spent nuclear fuel (SNF) Steam generator Sustainable development Sv
T	(top)
	Technical Specifications (Tech Specs) Technologically-Enhanced Naturally Occurring Radioactive Material (TENORM) Thermal energy Thermal neutron Thermal reactor Thorium Time, distance, shielding Toxicity TPPNM Transmutation Transuranics (TRU) Transuranic (TRU) waste Tritium TRU Turbine
U	(top)
	UNSCEAR Uranium Uranium carbide Uranium dioxide Uranium enrichment Uranium hexafluoride Uranium milling Utility
V	(top)
	Vitrification
W	(top)
	WANO Waste Isolation Pilot Plant (WIPP) WEC World Association of Nuclear Operators (WANO)
X	(top)
	X-rays
Y	(top)
	Yellowcake
Z	(top)
	Z