How to Use radiological in a Sentence

radiological

adjective
  • But the fact that the radiological materials could be stolen is a bad sign.
    Rachel Becker, The Verge, 17 July 2018
  • But there are clear signs of a growing nuclear arms race and that the U.S. is not very well-prepared for nuclear and radiological events.
    Cham Dallas, The Conversation, 6 Aug. 2020
  • The area of radiological contamination is a parcel on the western edge of the site known as Area IV, where the meltdown occurred.
    Michael Hiltzik, Los Angeles Times, 11 Aug. 2022
  • More hidden, and more costly to Ukraine, was the process of radiological containment.
    Adriana Petryna, The Atlantic, 2 Mar. 2022
  • The Russian navy launches a huge new special-mission sub armed with a radiological doomsday weapon.
    David Axe, Forbes, 29 June 2021
  • To move the technology closer to the soldiers, Curie and her daughter amassed a fleet of vehicles equipped with X-ray machines and set up 200 radiological units in more permanent posts during the first two years of the war.
    IEEE Spectrum, 1 Feb. 2016
  • The soil at Parcel A, which was never the site of radiological operations during the Navy’s tenure, has never been tested.
    J.k. Dineen, SFChronicle.com, 28 June 2018
  • Allen, who is helming the project, said the boat’s ability to tackle radiological emergencies helped make the project possible.
    John Delapp, Houston Chronicle, 11 Aug. 2020
  • In the meantime, FivePoint has shifted its attention to nearby Candlestick Point, land that was not home to the sort of radiological testing that sullied the former shipyard.
    J.k. Dineen, SFChronicle.com, 28 June 2018
  • 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
  • One of America’s former hubs for radiological research: the old Hunters Point naval shipyard, which is in the midst of a massive, decades-long redevelopment effort.
    Lauren Hepler, San Francisco Chronicle, 8 Apr. 2022
  • Most of the radiological particulate contamination these days is in the form of dust.
    Robert Maxwell, National Geographic, 28 Apr. 2016
  • After excavation, radiological scans of the sidewall and floor soils will be conducted either at the site or after it is removed.
    J.k. Dineen, SFChronicle.com, 15 June 2018
  • In fact, 42% of those in the study who were smokers, considered at stage 0, showed radiological (X-rays) evidence of emphysema and airway disease.
    Sherry Christiansen Updated, Verywell Health, 5 Nov. 2023
  • The soldiers, who were not protected from radiological exposure, then dumped 3.1 million cubic feet — or 35 Olympic-size swimming pools — of waste into an unlined bomb crater on the atoll’s Runit Island.
    Susanne Rust Staff Writer, Los Angeles Times, 22 Oct. 2021
  • Spokesman Destry Henderson, through a 6:30 a.m. Facebook video, said air monitors showed no sign of radiological release overnight.
    Tony Hernandez | The Oregonian/oregonlive, OregonLive.com, 10 May 2017
  • There has been no damage to the reactors and no radiological release, but the two sides are trading accusations over who is responsible, with the Kremlin blaming Ukraine for shelling the 5.7 gigawatt plant.
    Bojan Pancevski, WSJ, 9 Aug. 2022
  • The Japanese government has said that the water can be treated to reduce radiological content to safe levels.
    Mike Damiano, BostonGlobe.com, 26 July 2022
  • In 2006, the Navy published what was supposed to be a thorough account of the island’s radiological history, listing all potential danger zones.
    Jason Fagone, SFChronicle.com, 23 Jan. 2020
  • But what happens to the time and money that patients and providers used to spend traveling to doctors’ offices, or to the technicians whose training is no longer necessary to interpret radiological images?
    Katie Palmer, STAT, 22 Nov. 2022
  • In approving these requests, the NRC has accepted Holtec’s rationale that such measures are less crucial for retired plants, which experts agree do not carry the same radiological risk.
    Douglas MacMillan, Washington Post, 13 May 2022
  • This survey can then be used a baseline in case a nuclear or radiological incident occurs.
    Washington Post, 19 Oct. 2020
  • Not surprisingly, word of the radiological batch releases raised alarm in some quarters.
    Rob Nikolewski, San Diego Union-Tribune, 1 Dec. 2020
  • The radiological team charged with looking for both radiation and radon has concluded.
    Caitlin O'Kane, CBS News, 25 Apr. 2022
  • Only one door can be open at a time to keep potential radiological contaminants trapped within PF-4.
    Sarah Scoles, Scientific American, 14 Nov. 2023
  • The land was home to barracks and not used for the radiological testing or other industrial uses that spread contaminants across other parts of the facility, according the Navy.
    J.k. Dineen, San Francisco Chronicle, 29 Apr. 2018
  • The radiological disasters at Hiroshima and Chernobyl have caused thousands of cases of cancer, and young children are the most susceptible.
    Monique Brouillette, Popular Mechanics, 28 Aug. 2023
  • The war has triggered fears across Europe, and these are especially felt in countries like Poland and Romania that border Ukraine and would be highly vulnerable in case of a radiological disaster.
    Vanessa Gera, Anchorage Daily News, 21 Oct. 2022
  • The head of the Manhattan Project wanted no depiction of atom bombs as uniquely terrible, no public discussion of what became known as radiological warfare.
    New York Times, 9 Aug. 2021
  • No matter who, if anyone, might be seeking the radiological material, getting those elements out of the equation decreases the risk.
    Sarah Scoles, Scientific American, 11 Mar. 2022

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