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radioactivity

[rey-dee-oh-ak-tiv-i-tee] / ˌreɪ di oʊ ækˈtɪv ɪ ti /


NOUN
radiation
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Over that period, the detector recorded around 100 antineutrino candidate events linked to residual radioactivity in the reactor cores and nearby spent-fuel cooling pools.

From Science Daily Aug. 14, 2026

But the presence of heavily armed soldiers, security checkpoints, and signs warning of radioactivity are anything but ordinary.

From Barron's Jun. 28, 2026

That process releases huge amounts of energy, no carbon emissions and limited radioactivity.

From The Wall Street Journal Dec. 18, 2025

“And there’s been a lot of reasons for why this process takes so long. But, from a radiological perspective, the actual residual radioactivity at the site is pretty modest.”

From Los Angeles Times Nov. 7, 2025

The effect of radioactivity on health was hardly unknown—not least because of widespread press coverage of the poisoning of working women at U.S.

From "Big Science" by Michael Hiltzik




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