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IN DAILY LIFE

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AT THE DOCTOR’S

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At the laboratory

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GANIL accelerator

At the museum

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The waste issue

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activity
actinides
minor actinides
alpha
alpha rays
alpha particles

beta
beta rays
beta electrons

becquerel
kBq
MBq
GBq
TBq
Curie

electric charge
elementary charge
neutron capture
criticality
CIPR

deuterium
effective dose
equivalent dose

HLW Waste
HA waste
IL-LL waste
LL-LL waste
LILW-SL waste
VLL Waste

electron
electronvolts
keV
MeV
Binding energy
E = mc²
mass energy
positive electron

low doses a traduire

gamma
gamma rays
gamma-camera
Gray
Gigawatt
MWe

ionization
ionizing rays
isotope

neutron moderators
MOX

neutrons
neutrons cooling
neutrino and antineutrino
nucleons

half-life
period
radioactive half-life
photons
plutonium
positrons
fission products
protons

quarks Manque

radioelement
radioisotope
radiotoxicity
X rays

scintigraphy
cross-section
sievert
millisievert
mSv

uranium
UNSCEAR
IRSN