Radioactive material means any solid, liquid, or gas which emits radiation spontaneously. “Radioactivity” means the transformation of unstable atomic nuclei by the emission of radiation. “Radiobioassay.” See “Bioassay.”
Examples of Radioactive material in a sentence
Radioactive material except source material and radium: Column II of 32 Ill.
PROCUREMENT AND TRANSFER OF RADIOACTIVE MATERIAL Radioactive material may be brought onto campus only with the prior approval of the Radiation Safety Officer or the University Safety Officer.
More Definitions of Radioactive material
Radioactive material means uranium, thorium, plutonium, neptunium, their respective derivatives and compounds, radioactive isotopes of other elements and any other substances which may be designated by any nuclear liability act, law or statute, or any law amendatory thereof, as being prescribed substances capable of releasing atomic energy, or as being requisite for the production, use or application of atomic energy.
Radioactive material means nuclear material and other radioactive substances which contain nuclides which undergo spontaneous disintegration (a process accompanied by emission of one or more types of ionizing radiation, such as alpha-, beta-, neutron particles and gamma rays) and which may, owing to their radiological or fissile properties, cause death, serious bodily injury or substantial damage to property or to the environment;
Radioactive material means uranium, thorium, plutonium, neptunium, their respective derivatives and compounds, radioactive isotopes of other elements and any other substances that the Atomic Energy Control Board may, by regulation, designate as being prescribed substances capable of releasing atomic energy, or as being requisite for the production, use or application of atomic energy.