radioactive
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Her work expanded beyond stories connected to Iran, including "Radioactive", a 2019 biopic about pioneering radioactivity researcher and Nobel-prize winner Marie Curie, starring Rosamund Pike.
From Barron's • Jun. 4, 2026
"With uranium… the radiation doesn't really travel very far," says Prof Claire Corkhill, Chair in Mineralogy and Radioactive Waste Management at the University of Bristol.
From BBC • Jun. 19, 2025
Radioactive water spilled from spent fuel cooling pools and cracks appeared on the ground, but no radiation leaked outside, operator Hokuriku Electric Power Co. said.
From Seattle Times • Feb. 2, 2024
Radioactive contaminants, even at concentrations as tiny as one part-per-billion, can mimic the elusive signals that scientists are seeking.
From Science Daily • Sep. 21, 2023
Radioactive liquid pools in a depression in the copperized wood, but as I watch, it’s sucked in by the black pitch between the metallic planks.
From "Challenger Deep" by Neal Shusterman
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