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
Amundsen’s work is in keeping with the rest of the show, which fills two halls at the liberal arts school with visual and multimedia works that probe the persistence of radioactive materials.
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 27, 2026
Herrera was certainly the less radioactive candidate of the two.
From Slate • Mar. 9, 2026
Tiny samples of radioactive material have twice been collected under a trial project using special tools, but full-fledged extractions are yet to take place.
From Barron's • Feb. 26, 2026
Nuclear operators go through rigorous control measures to make sure they don’t carry radioactive dust out of the plant at the end of a workday.
From "Meltdown" by Deirdre Langeland
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