radiation
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Extreme radiation levels caused machines to break down, so some work had to be done by hand.
From BBC • Apr. 18, 2026
It was only two days after the explosion – after radiation was detected in Sweden – that it acknowledged an accident had happened.
From BBC • Apr. 18, 2026
In the 1960s Stephen Hawking demonstrated the Big Bang in theory, while Arno Penzias and Robert Wilson had detected the background radiation that proved decisive evidence of the event.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 16, 2026
This thinning allowed more harmful ultraviolet radiation from the sun to reach Earth's surface.
From Science Daily • Apr. 16, 2026
It sounds terrifying, but the odds of the average person encountering that kind of radiation are minuscule.
From "Meltdown" by Deirdre Langeland
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