Key term for AQA GCSE Physics, used in Hazards and Uses of Radiation.
The process of exposing an object to nuclear radiation, which does not cause the object to become radioactive itself.
Irradiation appears in AQA GCSE Physics revision content for Atomic structure, especially Hazards and Uses of Radiation and Different half-lives of radioactive isotopes.
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