radioactive dust
Contaminated airborne debris
Radioactive dust consists of fine particles contaminated with radioactive material, typically dispersed through nuclear explosions, reactor accidents, or industrial processes.
It poses health hazards when inhaled or ingested, as particles can lodge in tissue and continue emitting radiation.
Radioactive dust from the reactor spread across three countries.
The term often appears in discussions of nuclear fallout and dirty bombs.
- falloutPost-blast atmospheric particles
- mushroom cloudDistinctive nuclear blast formation
- Geiger counterIonizing radiation detector
- nuclear explosionViolent atomic energy release
- ground zeroExplosion's central impact point
grit · ash · bioaccumulation · decontamination · powder · nuclear fission · isotopes · radon gas · atomic age · carcinogens · alpha particles · speck · beta particles · dosimeter · genetic mutation · half-life · soot · spectrometer
- Nuclear Falloutfallout, fallout zone, fallout shelter, contamination zone, cesium-137
- nuclear radiationfallout, nuclear meltdown, nuclear accident, nuclear fallout, cesium-137
- radioactive materialsuranium, plutonium, radium, thorium, radon
- airborne particlesparticulates, aerosol, particulate matter, fine particles, ash
- Nuclear Testsnuclear test, nuclear explosion, underground test, atmospheric test, weapons test
- nuclear wastedisposal sites, spent fuel, nuclear waste, repositories, underground storage
radio, radios, radioactive, radioactivity, radiate, radiation, radiant, radial, radius