leakage
Example Sentences
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No leakage of nuclear materials was reported, it added.
From Barron's • Mar. 21, 2026
Triggered by the most powerful earthquake ever recorded in Japan, the meltdown in the reactors at Fukushima Daiichi led to radioactive leakage.
From BBC • Jan. 21, 2026
What’s certain is that, to limit inevitable fuel leakage, these launches would have to be conducted quickly, within just a few weeks of each other.
From Slate • Dec. 9, 2025
"We showed that the complex actually induces blood-brain barrier leakage, when the proteins alone did not," Simões-Pires says.
From Science Daily • Oct. 22, 2025
The plutonium is inside a bunch of pellets, each one sealed and insulated to prevent radiation leakage, even if the outer container is breached.
From "The Martian" by Andy Weir
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