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Attenuation

Term · Nuclear energy and radiation · MLC-T-NUC-000022

The process by which the number of particles or photons entering a body of matter is reduced by absorption and scattered radiation.

Table 1. Record
IdentifierMLC-T-NUC-000022
FieldNuclear energy and radiation
ReferencesNRC Glossary
Record as JSON 
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  "term": "Attenuation",
  "field": "Nuclear energy and radiation",
  "definition": "The process by which the number of particles or photons entering a body of matter is reduced by absorption and scattered radiation.",
  "references": [
    "NRC Glossary"
  ],
  "url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/nuclear/attenuation/"
}

Record 22 of 555 in Nuclear energy and radiation terminology (MLC-0119). Request the full dataset.