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irradiation

[ih-rey-dee-ey-shuhn] / ɪˌreɪ diˈeɪ ʃən /




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He even visited a nuclear research facility in India to learn more about the irradiation process.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 4, 2026

In south India, there is exactly one irradiation center, in Bengaluru, creating a bottleneck every spring.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 4, 2026

His achievement may permanently reshape how scientists use electron beams, offering a clearer window into the chemical transformations that take place under irradiation.

From Science Daily • Oct. 29, 2025

"Simple, visible light irradiation holds the potential to transform the chemical recycling of plastics, using the additives already found in many commercial products," say the paper's authors, Sewon Oh, Hanning Jiang and Erin Stache.

From Science Daily • Nov. 25, 2024

This new phase of research required the irradiation of uranium on a heroic scale, with the goal of producing enough 94 to perform the necessary experiments.

From "Big Science" by Michael Hiltzik




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