Radioactive Crossword

2. The removal of radioactive contaminants by cleaning and washing with chemicals.
3. The science, technology, and application of nuclear energy.
5. To expose to some form of radiation.
7. An elementary particle with a unit electrical charge and a mass 1/1837 that of the proton.
10. The accidental release of radioactive materials.
11. The spontaneous decay of disintegration of an unstable atomic nucleus accompanied by the emission of radiation.
12. One million electron volts.
13. Radioactive material deposited or dispersed in materials or places where it is not wanted.

1. The splitting of a heavy nucleus into two roughly equal parts.
4. A radionuclide that decays to another nuclide which may be either radioactive or stable.
6. That property of a substance which is expressed by the ratio of its mass to its volume.
8. The basic unit used to describe the intensity of radioactivity in a sample of material.
9. The basic unit of an absorbed dose of ionizing radiation.
10. A protective barrier which reduces the passage of radiation from radioactive materials to the surroundings.