atomic waste
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Jana Elementary sits near Coldwater Creek, a 19-mile-long waterway contaminated decades ago with Manhattan Project atomic waste.
From Seattle Times • Oct. 20, 2022
It was the National Academy of Sciences in the 1950s that first recommended disposing of atomic waste in deep geologic formations.
From Seattle Times • Mar. 23, 2019
At first, it’s like dried haddock but then it turns into something very nasty and toxic, with a metallic taste, like atomic waste.
From National Geographic • Jul. 23, 2017
He released an album, “Evergreen Everblue,” aimed at an older audience, with lyrics about atomic waste and “ethical commerce.”
From Slate
It had been the constant spillage of atomic waste into the upper atmosphere that had spelled ruin.
From It's All Yours by Merwin, Sam