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Meanings of radioactive hazardous waste in English

Russian
радиоактивные отходы
Portuguese
lixo atômico
Spanish
residuos radiactivos
Catalan
residus radioactius
Wikidata

Waste that contains radioactive material and thus emits ionizing radiation.

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радиоактивные отходы
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Examples for "radioactive waste"
Examples for "radioactive waste"
1
Nor has there been a long-term definition of what constitutes radioactive waste.
The new yorker
2
He's got twenty tons of radioactive waste and twenty tons of TNT.
Nothing to lose
3
The ban will not affect ongoing discharges of radioactive waste from Sellafield however.
The Irish Times
4
The radioactive waste will go into containers and be sent for long-term storage.
The Guardian
5
The United States has debated what to do with radioactive waste for decades.
Reuters
1
Experts suggested the main concern was of inundation causing nuclear waste leaks.
The Guardian
2
In Switzerland a community was asked if it would accept nuclear waste.
The Guardian
3
A ghoul's digestion can handle anything, up to and including nuclear waste.
The Bride Wore Black Leather
4
Their plan to store nuclear waste in the ice sheets never materialized.
Wired
5
A chip of this stuff makes nuclear waste look like secondhand smoke.
Death masks