radioactive

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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

The nuclear start-up announced that it had secured its first license from the Nuclear Regulatory Commission, a federal agency that oversees the civilian use of radioactive materials.

From Barron's • Mar. 17, 2026

Herrera was certainly the less radioactive candidate of the two.

From Slate • Mar. 9, 2026

But before operators could open the vents, which would likely still release some radioactive steam into the air, they needed approval from the government.

From "Meltdown" by Deirdre Langeland