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Descriptor English: Radioactive Waste
Descriptor Spanish: Residuos Radiactivos
Descriptor residuos radiactivos
Entry term(s) material radiactivo
material radioactivo
producto radiactivo
producto radioactivo
residuos nucleares
residuos radiactivos peligrosos
residuos radioactivos
residuos radioactivos peligrosos
Scope note: Residuos líquidos, sólidos o gaseosos resultantes de la extracción de minerales radioactivos, la producción de combustibles nucleares, el funcionamiento de reactores nucleares, el procesamiento de combustibles nucleares irradiados y operaciones relacionadas, así como del uso de los materiales radioactivos en la investigación, la industria y la medicina. (Traducción libre del original: McGraw-Hill Dictionary of Scientific and Technical Terms, 4th ed)
Descriptor Portuguese: Resíduos Radioativos
Descriptor French: Déchets radioactifs
Entry term(s): Hazardous Waste, Radioactive
Hazardous Wastes, Radioactive
Nuclear Waste
Nuclear Wastes
Radioactive Hazardous Waste
Radioactive Hazardous Wastes
Radioactive Material
Radioactive Wastes
Waste, Nuclear
Waste, Radioactive
Waste, Radioactive Hazardous
Wastes, Nuclear
Wastes, Radioactive
Wastes, Radioactive Hazardous
Tree number(s): D20.693.638
D20.944.380.638
D27.888.426.500.638
N06.850.460.710.380.638
N06.850.810.485
SP4.895.141.890.270
SP8.190.360.284.789.375
VS4.001.001.005.001.003.007
VS4.001.001.005.001.003.009.003
VS4.001.002.001.003.001.001
RDF Unique Identifier: https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D011850
Scope note: Liquid, solid, or gaseous waste resulting from mining of radioactive ore, production of reactor fuel materials, reactor operation, processing of irradiated reactor fuels, and related operations, and from use of radioactive materials in research, industry, and medicine. (McGraw-Hill Dictionary of Scientific and Technical Terms, 4th ed)
Annotation: specify geog if pertinent
Allowable Qualifiers: AE adverse effects
AN analysis
CL classification
EC economics
ES ethics
LJ legislation & jurisprudence
PC prevention & control
SN statistics & numerical data
Public MeSH Note: NUCLEAR WASTE was see HAZARDOUS WASTE 1988-89
Online Note: use HAZARDOUS WASTE to search NUCLEAR WASTE 1988-89
History Note: NUCLEAR WASTE was see HAZARDOUS WASTE 1988-89
DeCS ID: 27785
Unique ID: D011850
NLM Classification: WA 788
Documents indexed in the Virtual Health Library (VHL): Click here to access the VHL documents
Date Established: 1960/01/01
Date of Entry: 1999/01/01
Revision Date: 2013/07/08
Radioactive Waste - Preferred
Concept UI M0018404
Scope note Liquid, solid, or gaseous waste resulting from mining of radioactive ore, production of reactor fuel materials, reactor operation, processing of irradiated reactor fuels, and related operations, and from use of radioactive materials in research, industry, and medicine. (McGraw-Hill Dictionary of Scientific and Technical Terms, 4th ed)
Preferred term Radioactive Waste
Entry term(s) Hazardous Waste, Radioactive
Hazardous Wastes, Radioactive
Nuclear Waste
Nuclear Wastes
Radioactive Hazardous Waste
Radioactive Hazardous Wastes
Radioactive Material
Radioactive Wastes
Waste, Nuclear
Waste, Radioactive
Waste, Radioactive Hazardous
Wastes, Nuclear
Wastes, Radioactive
Wastes, Radioactive Hazardous



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