Nuclear energy and radiation terminology · MLC-0119
Nuclear energy and radiation terms: G (19)
- Gamma radiationHigh-energy, short-wavelength, electromagnetic radiation emitted from the nucleus of an atom. Gamma radiation...
- GapThe space inside a reactor fuel rod that exists between the fuel pellet and the fuel rod cladding.
- Gas centrifugeUranium enrichment technology that uses many rotating cylinders that are connected in long lines to increase...
- Gas chromatographyA way of separating chemical substances from a mixed sample by passing the sample, carried by a moving stream...
- Gas-cooled reactorA nuclear reactor in which the coolant is a gas.
- Gaseous diffusionA uranium enrichment process used to prepare uranium for use in fabricating fuel for nuclear reactors by...
- Gaseous diffusion plantA facility where uranium hexafluoride gas is filtered. Uranium-235 is separated from uranium-238, increasing...
- GasesA substance possessing perfect molecular mobility and the property of indefinite expansion, as opposed to a...
- Gauging devicesDevices used to measure, monitor, and control the thickness of sheet metal, textiles, paper napkins...
- Geiger-Mueller counterA radiation detection and measuring instrument. It consists of a gas-filled tube containing electrodes...
- Generation (gross)The total amount of electric energy produced by a generating station as measured at the generator terminals.
- Generation (net)The gross amount of electric energy produced by a generating station, minus the amount used to operate the...
- Generator capacityThe maximum amount of electric energy that a generator can produce (from the mechanical energy of the...
- Generator nameplate capacityThe maximum amount of electric energy that a generator can produce under specific conditions, as rated by the...
- Geological repositoryAn excavated, underground facility that is designed, constructed, and operated for safe and secure permanent...
- GigawattA unit of power equivalent to one billion watts.
- GigawatthourOne billion watthours.
- GraphiteA form of carbon, similar to that used in pencils, used as a moderator in some nuclear reactors.
- GrayOne of the two units used to measure the amount of radiation absorbed by an object or person, known as the...
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