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Physics. radiation in the form of elementary particles emitted by an atomic nucleus, as alpha rays or gamma rays, produced by decay of radioactive substances or by nuclear fission.

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How to use nuclear radiation in a sentence

But I think Steve Austin has to team up with a Japanese holdout to stop a nuclear bomb from going off or something.
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He used negotiations with Iran over its nuclear program as an example.
Fact-Checking the Sunday Shows: Dec 21|PunditFact.com|December 21, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Gordon G. Chang is a Forbes.com columnist and the author of Nuclear Showdown: North Korea Takes On the World.
U.S. Should Make North Korea Pay for Sony Hack|Gordon G. Chang|December 18, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Binding the resolution of my case to progress in the nuclear negotiations is profoundly unjust.
An American Marine in Iran’s Prisons Goes on Hunger Strike|IranWire|December 18, 2014|DAILY BEAST

“Heavy water”, or D2O, is even less common in nature, though nuclear engineers make and use it in some reactors.
Are Comets the Origin of Earth’s Oceans?|Matthew R. Francis|December 14, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Upon careful inspection, however, delicate nuclear bands connecting the parts can usually be seen.
A Manual of Clinical Diagnosis|James Campbell Todd
The effect of the heated air which acquires its temperature by radiation from the earth's surface is to produce the winds.
Outlines of the Earth's History|Nathaniel Southgate Shaler
If we can imagine the earth cut off from the solar radiation, the air would cease to move.
Outlines of the Earth's History|Nathaniel Southgate Shaler
After a detailed discussion by Hartson Brant of the properties and limitations of nuclear explosions, the conference agreed.
The Flaming Mountain|Harold Leland Goodwin
Rick and Scotty watched the placement of the nuclear explosive—a simple steel can, from the outside—in the big hole.
The Flaming Mountain|Harold Leland Goodwin