Sentences with phrase «radiation environment near»

One of the main reasons for limiting the operating lifetimes of nuclear reactors is that metals exposed to the strong radiation environment near the reactor core become porous and brittle, which can lead to cracking and failure.

It has recorded towering volcanic plumes above Jupiter's moon Io, gathered evidence that Europa might have an ocean beneath its icy carapace, and investigated the intense radiation environment near Jupiter.

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China's National Nuclear Safety Administration said data from radiation monitoring stations near the North Korean border showed no impact on «China's environment or populace».

The measurements have also played a vital role in UNH space scientists» efforts to develop both the first Web - based tool for predicting and forecasting the radiation environment in near - Earth, lunar, and Martian space environments and a space radiation detector that possesses unprecedented performance capabilities.

«Sunlight is a mixture of electromagnetic radiation made up of near - UV rays, visible light, and infrared energy, or heat,» said Yueh - Lin (Lynn) Loo, director of the Andlinger Center for Energy and the Environment, and the Theodora D.»78 and William H. Walton III»74 Professor in Engineering.

Fallout is a mélange of the vaporized environment — soil and structures that were near the blast — laced with fission products (radioisotopes created when fissile materials like uranium or plutonium fission), activation products (radioisotopes formed when the blast radiation transmutes shielding and other bomb components), and residual nuclear material.

The largest of these eruptions cause what is known as space weather — the radiation, energetic particles and magnetic field releases from the Sun powerful enough to cause severe effects in Earth's near environment, such as the disruption of communications, power lines and navigations systems.

With additional research, Erickson and his colleagues believe that VLF transmissions could be a way to remove excess amounts of radiation from the near - Earth environment.

Using its three main science instruments, Odyssey has mapped the global distribution of many minerals and chemical elements across the Martian surface, found evidence of large amounts of buried water ice near the planet's poles and measured the radiation environment in low Mars orbit, which could help NASA plan out future manned missions to the Red Planet.

The latest focal point was a United Nations Environment Program report on black carbon and ozone (which, besides being a powerful greenhouse gas is a beneficial shield against radiation high in the atmosphere but a noxious pollutant near the ground).