radioactive
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If it works, it could provide potentially limitless electricity without greenhouse gases or long-lived radioactive waste.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 1, 2026
He was the first to have shape-shifting powers, which he gained after encountering a mysterious radioactive pool of protoplasm.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 22, 2026
Under the latest agreement, the government said the company must now halt all activities that produce radioactive waste within five years of its renewed operating licence.
From Barron's • Apr. 22, 2026
Reactor number four at the Chernobyl power plant – in what is now northern Ukraine - had exploded, spewing out radioactive material that would spread across swathes of Europe.
From BBC • Apr. 18, 2026
Radiation readings from the USS Ronald Reagan confirmed that radioactive isotopes had already blown miles out to sea.
From "Meltdown" by Deirdre Langeland
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