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| Terms for subject Environment (24829 entries) |
| Keramikprodukt | ceramic | |
| Kernabfall in glaesernen Matrizen | radioactive waste encased in vitreous matrices | |
| Kernbrennstoff | nuclear fuel (Nuclear fuels are obtained from inorganic minerals extracted by mining. Although they are at least partially consumed when used in nuclear reactors for the production of heat, they differ from fossil fuels in the way they release energy. Burning of fossil fuels, such as coal, oil and gas, is a chemical reaction. Nuclear fuels, such as uranium, are destroyed by a process of spontaneous disintegration, called fission, and prompted by natural radioactivity. If the process is left to occur naturally in uranium-bearing rock, the rate of change is imperceptibly small. In a man-made nuclear reactor the energy-releasing processes of disintegration, which in the natural state happen slowly over thousands of millions of years, are compressed into minutes. The release of energy is harnessed to generate steam which drives electricity generators) | |
| Kerndatensatz | core data set | |
| Kernenergie | nuclear energy (Energy released by nuclear fission or nuclear fusion) | |
| Kernenergienutzung | nuclear energy use | |
| Kernenergienutzung | nuclear energy use (Nuclear energy is employed in the industrial sector, in the production of other energy types, in the medical and scientific research field, in transportation, in the production of nuclear weapons, etc.) | |
| Kernenergierecht | nuclear energy legislation | |
| Kernexplosion | nuclear explosion (accident, An unintentional release of energy from a rapid reaction of atomic nuclei yielding high temperatures and radiation potentially harmful to human health and the environment) | |
| Kernexplosion (Unfall | nuclear explosion (accident) | |
| Kernforschungszentrum | nuclear research centre (A facility in which scientists and other researchers study the behavior and characteristics of atomic nuclei through testing and other forms of experimentation, often to invent new technology with scientific, medical and industrial purposes) | |
| Kernfusion | nuclear fusion (Combination of two light nuclei to form a heavier nucleus with release of some binding energy) | |
| Kernkraftwerk | nuclear power plant (A power plant in which nuclear energy is converted into heat for use in producing steam for turbines, which in turn drive generators that produce electric power) | |
| Kernkraftwerksentsorgung | nuclear power plant disposal | |
| Kernphysik | nuclear physics (The study of the characteristics, behaviour and internal structures of the atomic nucleus) | |
| Kernporenfilter | Nuclepore | |
| Kernreaktion | nuclear reaction (A reaction involving a change in an atomic nucleus, such as fission, fusion, neutron capture, or radioactive decay, as distinct from a chemical reaction, which is limited to changes in the electron structure surrounding the nucleus) | |
| Kernreaktor | nuclear reactor (Device which creates heat and energy by starting and controlling atomic fission) | |
| Kernschmelze | core meltdown (An accidental overheating of the part of the nuclear reactor where fission takes place, causing fuel elements and other parts of the reactor to melt, potentially leading to catastrophic consequences in which dangerous levels of radioactive materials would be released into the environment) | |
| Kernspaltung | nuclear fission (The division of an atomic nucleus into parts of comparable mass; usually restricted to heavier nuclei such as isotopes of uranium, plutonium, and thorium) |