radioactive cloud
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Then a radioactive cloud drifted toward Europe, and the truth could no longer be hidden.
From Washington Post • Aug. 30, 2022
April 1986 - Explosion at Chernobyl nuclear reactor spreads radioactive cloud across Europe.
From Reuters • Aug. 30, 2022
Rosatom has denied responsibility for the recent radioactive cloud, which was centered around a facility run by the company.
From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 24, 2017
That of course includes Mr. Eisenberg, who combines a panoply of tics and tremors and real tears into a radioactive cloud of self-loathing.
From New York Times • Jun. 2, 2015
A great radioactive cloud was deposited on the tiny atoll of Rongalap, 150 kilometers away, where the inhabitants likened the explosion to the Sun rising in the West.
From "Cosmos" by Carl Sagan
