| Italian | English |
| Adattabilità alle esigenze di ubicazione degli impianti nucleari | adaptability to siting requirements |
| arma nucleare | nuclear weapon Any bomb, warhead, or projectile using active nuclear material to cause a chain reaction upon detonation |
| barre di combustibile nucleare | nuclear fuel element A piece of nuclear fuel which has been formed and coated, and is ready to be placed in a reactor fuel assembly |
| barre di combustibile nucleare | nuclear fuel element |
| centrale nucleare | 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 |
| centro di ricerca nucleare | 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 |
| centro di ricerca nucleare | nuclear research centre |
| combustibile nucleare | 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 |
| combustibile nucleare esaurito | spent nuclear fuel |
| commissione d'inchiesta sulla gestione e il trasporto di materiale nucleare | Committee of Inquiry into the handling and transport of nuclear material |
| Conferenza permanente sulla protezione sanitaria nell'era nucleare | Standing Conference on Health and Safety in Nuclear Age |
| Convenzione di Vienna sulla segnalazione tempestiva di incidendi nucleari | Vienna Convention on Early Notification of a Nuclear Accident |
| dibattito sul nucleare | nuclear debate |
| dibattito sul nucleare | nuclear debate The ongoing, public discussion and dispute over the uses of energy |
| distruzione per trasmutazione nucleare | destruction by nuclear transmutation |
| energia nucleare | nuclear energy Energy released by nuclear fission or nuclear fusion |
| esplosione nucleare | 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 (incidente) |
| fisica nucleare | nuclear physics The study of the characteristics, behaviour and internal structures of the atomic nucleus |
| fissione nucleare | 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 |
| fusione nucleare | nuclear fusion Combination of two light nuclei to form a heavier nucleus with release of some binding energy |
| gestione dei rifiuti nucleari | nuclear waste management |
| gruppo dei regolatori europei in materia di sicurezza nucleare | European Nuclear Safety Regulators Group |
| gruppo dei regolatori europei in materia di sicurezza nucleare | European High Level Group on Nuclear Safety and Waste Management |
| gruppo europeo ad alto livello sulla sicurezza nucleare e la sicurezza della gestione dei residui | European Nuclear Safety Regulators Group |
| gruppo europeo ad alto livello sulla sicurezza nucleare e la sicurezza della gestione dei residui | European High Level Group on Nuclear Safety and Waste Management |
| impianto del ciclo del combustibile nucleare | nuclear fuel cycle facility |
| impianto del ciclo del combustibile nucleare | fuel cycle facility |
| incidente nucleare | nuclear accident An event occurring in a nuclear power plant or anywhere that radioactive materials are used, stored, or transported and involving the release of potentially dangerous levels of radioactive materials into the environment |
| Iniziativa europea a favore delle città nucleari | European Nuclear Cities Initiative |
| legislazione sull'energia nucleare | nuclear energy legislation |
| materiali nucleari contenuti nelle scorie e negli scarti | nuclear materials contained in wastes and discards |
| pericolo nucleare | nuclear hazard Risk or danger to human health or the environment posed by radiation emanating from the atomic nuclei of a given substance, or the possibility of an uncontrolled explosion originating from a fusion or fission reaction of atomic nuclei |
| pericolo nucleare | nuclear hazard |
| Programma ambientale multilaterale per il nucleare nella Federazione russa | Multilateral Nuclear Environmental Programme in the Russian Federation |
| reattore nucleare | nuclear reactor Device which creates heat and energy by starting and controlling atomic fission |
| reazione nucleare | 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 |
| residui di smantellamento degli impianti nucleari | decommissioning wastes |
| responsabilità per danni nucleari | liability for nuclear damages Subjection to a legal obligation, such as financial recompense or ecological reparations, for any harm or damage inflicted on persons, property or the environment during the production, use or transport of radioactive materials used as an energy source or in weaponry |
| responsabilità per danni nucleari | liability for nuclear damages |
| rischio nucleare | nuclear risk A risk connected to the functioning of nuclear power plants, by the storage or transportation of radioactive materials and involving the release of potentially dangerous levels of radioactive materials into the environment |
| rischio nucleare | nuclear risk |
| ritrattamento e stoccaggio dei combustibili nucleari irraggiati | reprocessing and storage of irradiated nuclear fuels |
| sicurezza nucleare | nuclear safety Measures and techniques implemented to reduce the possibility of incidence and the potential harm posed by radioactive substances used as an energy source, a test material or in weaponry |
| smantellamento di una centrale nucleare | nuclear power plant disposal |
| struttura nucleare | nuclear facility A place, including buildings, where all the activities relating to nuclear research are performed |
