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Contamination

Term · Nuclear energy and radiation · MLC-T-NUC-000082

Undesirable radiological or chemical material (with a potentially harmful effect) that is either airborne or deposited in (or on the surface of) structures, objects, soil, water, or living organisms.

Table 1. Record
IdentifierMLC-T-NUC-000082
FieldNuclear energy and radiation
ReferencesNRC Glossary
Record as JSON 
{
  "id": "MLC-T-NUC-000082",
  "term": "Contamination",
  "field": "Nuclear energy and radiation",
  "definition": "Undesirable radiological or chemical material (with a potentially harmful effect) that is either airborne or deposited in (or on the surface of) structures, objects, soil, water, or living organisms.",
  "references": [
    "NRC Glossary"
  ],
  "url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/nuclear/contamination/"
}

Record 82 of 555 in Nuclear energy and radiation terminology (MLC-0119). Request the full dataset.