radiation damage

1. The damage caused by the removal of atoms from a solid material when elementary particles, such as those associated with cosmic rays or radioactivity, collide with it.

Radiation damage is one of the devastating effects of nuclear weapons.

Radiation damage is an important consideration in the design of nuclear reactors, where radiation levels are high.

Example Sentences

“When there's radiation damage caused to your body, you create reactive oxygen species and that causes downstream things to to impact your immune system and things like that while also suppressing your mitochondria,” Beheshti said.

From Salon

The PVA made the drug more selective of tumor cells and prolonged drug retention, helping to spare healthy cells from unnecessary radiation damage.

From Science Daily

In Mr Morris’s case, as the film reveals, he believes the death of his first child, Steven, in 1962, was the result of the radiation damage he suffered during Operation Grapple - the name given to a series of British nuclear weapons tests.

From BBC

The researchers were surprised to find that, using several different analyses, they could not detect a signature of radiation damage on the genomes of the worms from Chornobyl.

From Science Daily

The study is part of a larger campaign at the Wyss Institute aiming to investigate acute radiation damage across several organs and tissues.

From Science Daily