nuclear radiation

American  

[noo-klee-er rey-dee-ey-shuhn, nyoo-] / ˈnu kli ər ˌreɪ diˈeɪ ʃən, ˈnyu- /

noun

1. 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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Pronunciation

See nuclear ( def. ).

Example Sentences

Or the spin U.S. authorities tried to put on the dangers of nuclear radiation, post-Hiroshima.

From The Wall Street Journal

She wrote about these harms in a vivid and terrifying illustration using another global fear at the time: nuclear radiation.

From Slate

It’s a question that the residents of Vault 4 — a subterranean bunker safe beneath the surface of California, still teeming with nuclear radiation 219 years after the Great War of 2077 — had obviously considered.

From Salon

—Dawn Chapman for years has advocated for the cleanup of nuclear radiation around St. Louis.

From Seattle Times

Back in 1954, just nine years after the atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, Japanese filmmaker Ishirō Honda and special effects designer Eiji Tsuburaya dreamed up a giant dinosaur-like creature that came from the depths of the ocean, mutated by nuclear radiation, a “kaiju” named Godzilla.

From Los Angeles Times