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汚い爆弾
きたないばくだん
1. [exp,n]
▶ dirty bomb
▶ radiological dispersal device



History:
9. A 2022-11-05 04:16:37  Jim Breen <...address hidden...>
  Comments:
Sounds very bureaucratic.
8. A* 2022-11-05 01:03:41 
  Comments:
Per sources cited
  Diff:
@@ -14 +14 @@
-<gloss>bomb scattering radioactive materials</gloss>
+<gloss>radiological dispersal device</gloss>
7. A* 2022-11-04 20:09:25  Jim Breen <...address hidden...>
  Refs:
GG5: 〔放射性物質などをばらまく爆弾〕 a (radioactively) “dirty” bomb.
  Comments:
I feel an amplification helps understand the term.
  Diff:
@@ -13,0 +14 @@
+<gloss>bomb scattering radioactive materials</gloss>
6. A* 2022-11-04 12:33:18 
  Refs:
Wikipefia suggests "radiological dispersal device"
see also:
https://www.osha.gov/radiological-dispersal-devices
  Comments:
I don't think that's an improvement - 汚い爆弾 is a calque from the English "dirty bomb" anf that's also the only way I've seen i referred to in English.
  Diff:
@@ -13 +12,0 @@
-<gloss>highly radioactive bomb</gloss>
5. A 2022-11-04 00:39:15  Jim Breen <...address hidden...>
  Refs:
GG5
  Comments:
Making it clearer.
  Diff:
@@ -12,0 +13 @@
+<gloss>highly radioactive bomb</gloss>
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