The portion of final energy which is actually available after final conversion to the consumer for the respective use. In final conversion, electricity becomes for instance light, mechanical energy or [..]

Machine to generate very high direct voltages used to accelerate charged particles to high energies (up to 12 MeV). By means of a non-conductive endless strip, electrical charges are transported to an [..]

Radiation emitted from the natural radioactive substances in the ground. Terrestrial radiation causes external radiation exposure of human beings. (See 'Radiation exposure, terrestrial').

Naturally occurring nuclides which are radioactive. A distinction is drawn between natural radionuclides which are continuously regenerated by nuclear reactions of cosmic radiation, cosmogenic radionu [..]

Property of certain substances to convert without external effect, emitting a characteristic radiation. Radioactivity was discovered for uranium by Becquerel in 1896. If the substances, or to be more [..]

Part of the counter tube characteristic curve in which the counting rate changes only slightly in the case of voltage fluctuations.

See 'lethal dose'.

Nuclear Power Plant Grafenrheinfeld/Main, pressurized water reactor with an electric gross output of 1,345 MW, nuclear commissioning on 9th December 1981.

See 'Informationskreis Kernenergie'.

Institut Max von Laue - Paul Langevin, Grenoble.