radioactive
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Prison bosses later faced formal censure proceedings after inmates and staff were exposed to dangerous levels of the naturally occurring radioactive gas.
From BBC ● Sep. 13, 2026
The pesticide was tagged with a low-level radioactive marker so researchers could track where it moved.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 22, 2026
“I think he’s dangerously tactless in a radioactive topic” and “should exercise more caution,” Steven Pinker, author and Harvard University evolutionary psychologist, says of Cofnas’s rhetoric on genetics’ role in intelligence.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 21, 2026
To investigate the mystery, the researchers measured gamma rays produced as a radioactive copper isotope decayed into zinc.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 21, 2026
Steam that passes through the torus is scrubbed of most of its radioactive isotopes before it leaves the building, a vast improvement over allowing the steam to enter the environment without any intervention.
From "Meltdown" by Deirdre Langeland
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