Nuclear energy and radiation terminology · MLC-0119

Nuclear energy and radiation terms: B (19)

• Background radiationThe natural radiation that is always present in the environment. It includes cosmic radiation which comes...
• Base metalMaterials located adjacent to a weld joining two sections of pipe.
• Baseline Inspection ProgramThe normal inspection program performed at all nuclear power plants. The program focuses on plant activities...
• Bayesian estimationA mathematical formulation, using Bayes' theorem, by which the likelihood of an event can be estimated taking...
• Bayesian priorA way to express the context of a Bayesian estimation in which initial data are updated as new data become...
• BecquerelOne of three units used to measure radioactivity, which refers to the amount of ionizing radiation released...
• Beta particleA charged particle (with a mass equal to 1/1837 that of a proton) that is emitted from the nucleus of a...
• Beyond design-basis accidentsThis term is used as a technical way to discuss accident sequences that are possible but were not fully...
• Binding energyThe minimum energy required to separate the nucleus of an atom into its component neutrons and protons.
• BioassayThe determination of kinds, quantities, or concentrations and, in some cases, locations of radioactive...
• Biological half-lifeThe time required for a biological system, such as that of a human, to eliminate, by natural processes, half...
• Biological shieldA mass of absorbing material placed around a reactor or radioactive source to reduce the radiation to a level...
• Boiling-water reactorA nuclear reactor in which water is boiled using heat released from fission. The steam released by boiling...
• Bone seekerA radioisotope that tends to accumulate in the bones when it is introduced into the body. An example is...
• BrachytherapyA medical procedure during which a sealed radioactive source (or sources) is implanted directly into a person...
• BreederA reactor that produces more nuclear fuel than it consumes. A fertile material, such as uranium-238, when...
• British thermal unitThe amount of heat required to change the temperature of one pound of water one degree Fahrenheit at sea...
• Butt weldA weld that joins two pipes end to end.
• Byproduct materialAs defined by NRC regulations includes any radioactive material (except enriched uranium or plutonium)...

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