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radioactivity

[ray-dee-oh-ak-tiv-i-tee] / ˌreɪ di oʊ ækˈtɪv ɪ ti /


NOUN
radiation
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Over that period, the detector recorded around 100 antineutrino candidate events linked to residual radioactivity in the reactor cores and nearby spent-fuel cooling pools.

From Science Daily ● Aug. 14, 2026

But the presence of heavily armed soldiers, security checkpoints, and signs warning of radioactivity are anything but ordinary.

From Barron's ● Jun. 28, 2026

There, Erikson teased out the stealthy, almost sinister peculiarities of modern man-made hazards, like radioactivity and toxicity, and their special, traumatic effects.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 18, 2025

As well as radioactivity, chemical exposure could also be a problem for anyone nearby.

From BBC ● Jun. 19, 2025

As early as the 1920s, Rutherford had started searching for induced radioactivity in targets blasted with alpha rays.

From "Big Science" by Michael Hiltzik




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