N-channel MOSFET's with different gate dielectrics, such as silicon dioxide, silicon dioxide annealed in nitrous oxide (NO), and reoxidized nitrided oxide (ONO) were first hot-carrier (HC) stressed and then irradiated to a total dose of 1.5 Mrd. For equal substrate current stressing NO devices have the least degradation, whereas the threshold voltage (V(t)) shift due to irradiation is maximum for these devices. For all three types of gate dielectrics the V(t) shift due to irradiation of HC stressed devices was higher than that of the unstressed device. However, for ONO devices the V(t) shift due to irradiation of the hot-electron (HE) stressed (stressing with V(d) = V(g) = 6.5 V) device was less than that of the unstressed device.