radiation
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“They’re really blasting you with these super physiological doses of UV radiation that you couldn’t even find in a natural environment,” he said.
From Los Angeles Times • May 6, 2026
Without an atmosphere to shield it, the planet is constantly exposed to intense radiation from its star and impacts from meteorites.
From Science Daily • May 5, 2026
A solution existed—gamma radiation, the same technique used on onions to keep them from sprouting—but getting it approved took years.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 4, 2026
The second method looks at the early universe by studying the cosmic microwave background, the faint radiation left over from the Big Bang.
From Science Daily • Apr. 29, 2026
Anxious to stabilize the spent fuel pools, operators ran four more helicopter flights on the evening of March 17, but radiation levels above the reactors were still too high.
From "Meltdown" by Deirdre Langeland
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