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Faded Giant
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Noun
Faded Giant
en US euphemistic military A reporting term to identify an event involving a nuclear reactor or radiological accident.Wayback Machine Archived link - About.com: US Government info. Retrieved March 14, 2012US Department of Defense Directive 5230.16
Related terms
en Broken Arrow
en Bent Spear
en Empty Quiver
References
en Nuclear energy Radioactivity