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Descriptor English: Nuclear Energy
Descriptor Spanish: Energía Nuclear
Descriptor energía nuclear
Entry term(s) actividad nuclear
energía atómica
Scope note: Energía liberada por la fisión nuclear o la fusión nuclear.
Descriptor Portuguese: Energia Nuclear
Descriptor French: Énergie nucléaire
Entry term(s): Atomic Energy
Energy, Atomic
Energy, Nuclear
Nuclear Activity
Tree number(s): G01.536
N06.230.132.580
SP4.606.713.439
RDF Unique Identifier: https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D009678
Scope note: Energy released by nuclear fission or nuclear fusion.
Annotation: NUCLEAR POWER PLANTS is also available
Allowable Qualifiers: EC economics
ES ethics
HI history
LJ legislation & jurisprudence
SN statistics & numerical data
Public MeSH Note: 82; was ATOMIC ENERGY 1963-81
Online Note: use NUCLEAR ENERGY to search ATOMIC ENERGY 1966-81 (as Cat H heading)
History Note: 82; was ATOMIC ENERGY (Cat H heading only) 1963-81
Related: Nuclear Reactors MeSH
Radiation Protection MeSH
Radioactive Waste MeSH
DeCS ID: 9866
Unique ID: D009678
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Date Established: 1982/01/01
Date of Entry: 1999/01/01
Revision Date: 2016/06/17
Nuclear Energy - Preferred
Concept UI M0015026
Scope note Energy released by nuclear fission or nuclear fusion.
Preferred term Nuclear Energy
Entry term(s) Atomic Energy
Energy, Atomic
Energy, Nuclear
Nuclear Activity - Narrower
Concept UI FD00060829
Scope note The spontaneous emission of alpha, beta or sometimes gamma rays from the disintegration of the nuclei of atoms per second. The unit of radioactivity is the becquerel (Material V - Gunn, S.W.A. Multilingual Dictionary of Disaster Medicine and International Relief, 1990)
Preferred term Nuclear Activity



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