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Post Irradiation Examination (PIE) is the study of used nuclear materials such as nuclear fuel.It has several purposes. It is known that by examination of used fuel that the failure modes which occur during normal use (and the manner in which the fuel will behave during an accident) can be studied.
Worst-case analysis is the analysis of a device (or system) that assures that the device meets its performance specifications. These are typically accounting for tolerances that are due to initial component tolerance, temperature tolerance, age tolerance and environmental exposures (such as radiation for a space device).
DE – Delayed extraction; DADI – Direct analysis of daughter ions; DAPPI – Desorption atmospheric pressure photoionization; DEP – Direct exposure probe; DESI – Desorption electrospray ionization
Exposure analysis is the science that describes how an individual or population comes in contact with a contaminant, including quantification of the amount of contact across space and time. 'Exposure assessment' and 'exposure analysis' are often used as synonyms in many practical contexts. Risk is a function of exposure and hazard.
Report to Congress, 1997). Other sources include hazar-dous waste sites, cement factories, and chlorine production plants. According to the Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry (ATSDR), next to arsenic and lead, mercury is the third most frequently found toxic substance in waste facilities in the United States (ATSDR, 2001).
PIE, IATA airport code and FAA location identifier for St. Pete–Clearwater International Airport, Florida; Pie, in Spanish customary units a unit of length; Pie (loa), a type of spirit in Vodun/Voodoo religion; Pie Magazine, a Canadian luxury lifestyle magazine; PIE method (Problem, Intervention, Evaluation), a method of documentation in nursing
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