Untangle the confusing technical, scientific, and medical jargon used in the nuclear and radiological fields with this comprehensive dictionary featuring official, authoritative definitions of nearly 1500 terms and acronyms. Derived from government sources including the military and Nuclear Regulatory Commission, this outstanding dictionary provides a complete overview of the terms for the nuclear power industry, nuclear weapons, the military nuclear stockpile, and radiological medicine.Keywords include: Atomic * Atomic power * Atomic power plant * cesium * Commercial nuclear * Containment * Core cooling * Curie * Dictionary * Dosimeter * EMP * Feedwater * Fission * Fuel rod * Fukushima * Ground zero * Hydrogen bomb * Iodine * iodine-131 * LOCA * Loss of coolant accident * Megaton * Meltdown * Nuclear * Nuclear accident * Nuclear power * Nuclear power plant * plutonium * potassium iodide * Rad * Radiation * Radioactive * Reactor * Thermonuclear * Warheads * * Atomic, Atomic power, Atomic power plant, cesium, Commercial nuclear, Containment, Core cooling, Curie, Dictionary, Dosimeter, EMP, Feedwater, Fission, Fuel rod, Fukushima, Ground zero, Hydrogen bomb, Iodine, iodine-131, LOCA, Loss of coolant accident, Megaton, Meltdown, Nuclear, Nuclear accident, Nuclear power, Nuclear power plant, plutonium, potassium iodide, Rad, Radiation, Radioactive, Reactor, Thermonuclear, Warheads