Definitions
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
- n. The study of the effects of radiation and radioisotopes on an ecological population or community.
Wiktionary
- n. the study of the fate and effects of radioactive materials in the environment
Etymologies
- From radio- + ecology (Wiktionary)
Examples
“In 1998 an agreement with the U.S. provided for the establishment of an international radioecology laboratory inside the exclusion zone.”
“The two nations also announced that: (1) they will establish an international radioecology laboratory in the Chornobyl Exclusion Zone to study radiation effects and the movement of radionuclides in the environment; and (2) they have signed a five-year extension of the U.S.”
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