English-German translations for fallout

• Asche die
• Ascheregen der
• Explosionsstaub der
• Fallout der
  Auch der radioaktive Fallout aus Tschernobyl hat EU-Staaten betroffen. Also nuclear fallout from Chernobyl affected EU states.
  Jedoch ist das zweite Thema, dass des nuklearen Fallouts in Fukushima, schwieriger. However, the second theme, that of the nuclear fallout in Fukushima, is more difficult.
  Ich bin der Auffassung, dass wir in dem Bereich der gesundheitlichen Folgen des Fallouts noch einige schwarze Löcher füllen müssen. In my opinion, there are still some major gaps that need to be filled in the area of the health issues arising from the fallout.
• Herabrieseln das
• niedergehen
• Niedergehen das
• Niederschlag der
  Wie gut dokumentiert ist, ist mein Land, die damalige Tschechoslowakische Sozialistische Republik, dem radioaktiven Niederschlag nicht entgangen. As has been well-documented, my country, the then Czechoslovak Socialist Republic, did not escape the nuclear fallout.
  Sogar in meinem kleinen Teil Europas, in Nordschweden, machte sich der radioaktive Niederschlag viele Jahre lang durch die von ihm verursachte Verseuchung der Natur bemerkbar. Even in my own little corner of Europe, in the north of Sweden, the radioactive fallout had an impact over many years through the contamination of the natural world that it caused.
• niedersinken
• Niedersinken das
• radioaktiver Niederschlag der
• radioaktiver Staub der

Definition of fallout

• The event of small airborne particles falling to the ground in significant quantities as a result of major industrial activity, volcano eruption, sandstorm, nuclear explosion, etc
• The particles themselves
• A negative side effect; an undesirable or unexpected consequence
• A declined offer in a sales transaction when acceptance was presumed
• An impromptu guest used to fill in for another guest spot who is a no show or who has cancelled last minute

Examples

• On 26 April 1986 the reactor number four at the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant located in the Soviet Union near Pripyat in Ukraine exploded. Further explosions and the resulting fire sent a plume of highly radioactive fallout into the atmosphere and over an extensive geographical area.
• Psychological fallout in the shadow of terrorism, title of an article by Dr. Abraham Twerski, M.D. in [http://www.jewishworldreview.com]

Related words

• fallout shelter
• radioactive fallout
• nuclear fallout shelter