radiological

adjective

ra·dio·log·i·cal ˌrā-dē-ə-ˈlä-ji-kəl

variants or radiologic

ˌrā-dē-ə-ˈlä-jik

: of or relating to radiology

: of or relating to nuclear radiation

radiologically

ˌrā-dē-ə-ˈlä-ji-k(ə-)lē

adverb

Example Sentences

Recent Examples on the Web If hazardous material—whether of the nuclear, radiological, biological, chemical, or natural variety—gets spewed into the atmosphere, NARAC’s job is to trace its potentially deadly dispersion. —

Sarah Scoles, Popular Science, 11 May 2023 Large numbers of people involved in testing developed radiological problems like cancer, and many died from these issues. —

Phil Plait, Discover Magazine, 24 July 2012 Health Hazards While encased in their sabots, studies have shown DU shells don’t pose a significant radiological hazard to those that handle them. —

Popular Mechanics, 29 Mar. 2023 Zaporizhzhia's more modern reactors should be reinforced to deal with huge forces such as a plane crashing into them, according to Hamish de Bretton-Gordon, who led the chemical, biological, radiological and nuclear defense forces known as CBRN in both the British army and NATO. —

Alexander Smith, NBC News, 13 Aug. 2022 The latest package will include new capabilities that the U.S. hasn’t sent to Ukraine before, Pentagon spokesman John Kirby said, including 18 howitzer artillery guns and 40,000 shells for the weapons and protective equipment against chemical, biological, radiological and nuclear warfare. —

Los Angeles Times, 13 Apr. 2022 Tarron, from Indianola, Oklahoma, was a specialist in chemical, biological, radiological and nuclear weapons with the 6th Brigade Engineer Battalion, 4th Infantry Brigade Combat Team (Airborne), 25th Infantry Division at Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, the Army said. —

Wyatt Olson, Anchorage Daily News, 2 Dec. 2021 The enclosure around the work is specially fabricated for radiological work, APTIM said, and environmental monitoring verified there was no impact on the surrounding environment. —

Lawrence Specker | , al, 14 Mar. 2023 Caesium-137 is a manmade fission project often used in radiological laboratories as well as in industrial settings, such as within gauges in mining operations, Angela Di Fulvio, an assistant professor of nuclear engineering at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, told ABC News. —

Julia Jacobo, ABC News, 31 Jan. 2023 See More

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