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Radioactive contamination
Domain: Health and safety at work => Risk factors => Radiations
Grammatical category
Noun phrase
Grammar notes
Countable
Definition
The contamination by any radioactive substance of any surface (including any surface of the body or clothing) or any part of absorbent objects or materials or the contamination of liquids or gases by any radioactive substance.
Definition source
Reg. 2 of The Ionising Radiations Regulations 1999
European legislation
Directives 89/618/Euratom, 90/641/Euratom, 92/3/Euratom, 96/29/Euratom
British legislation
The Ionising Radiations Regulations 1999
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