radioactive

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The extraction of the material would likely need to be conducted by an elite special operations team specially trained to remove radioactive material from a conflict zone.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 29, 2026

But then, he predicted that industries would start using uranium and radium, and pretty soon we’d have … radioactive smog.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 26, 2026

The license specifically applies to Atomic Alchemy, a wholly-owned subsidiary dealing in the production of radioactive isotopes.

From Barron's • Mar. 18, 2026

Herrera was certainly the less radioactive candidate of the two.

From Slate • Mar. 9, 2026

All of the soil on the site, full of radioactive dust, had been paved over to prevent it from becoming airborne.

From "Meltdown" by Deirdre Langeland