radioactive

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Neighbouring Arab Gulf states have frequently expressed concerns about the plant's reliability and raised the risk of radioactive leaks in the event of a major earthquake.

From Barron's • Apr. 4, 2026

To avoid creating and managing radioactive waste, TAE wants to use a fuel that requires far hotter plasmas than other fusion companies aim for, posing a bigger physics challenge.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 28, 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

Herrera was certainly the less radioactive candidate of the two.

From Slate • Mar. 9, 2026

The fuel pellets that drive the chain reaction in a nuclear reactor are not particularly radioactive.

From "Meltdown" by Deirdre Langeland