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nonradioactive

American  
[nahn-ray-dee-oh-akt-iv] / ˌnɑnˌreɪ di oʊˈækt ɪv /

adjective

  1. not radioactive.


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I fear touch football has become the last nonradioactive subject matter at Thanksgiving.

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 26, 2025

Comparing these sequences from the power plant dogs, the Chernobyl City dogs and purebred shepherds living in nonradioactive environments might help the researchers identify radiation-related changes in the genome.

From New York Times • Mar. 3, 2023

If the specimen is less than 50,000 years old, bones, charcoal and other organic substances can be dated based on the percentage of radioactive carbon that has degraded to a nonradioactive nitrogen.

From Scientific American • Dec. 8, 2022

Once both are at operating temperature, the facility next will heat a nonradioactive simulant of tank waste with glass former as part of preparations to treat radioactive waste.

From Seattle Times • Oct. 9, 2022

He had also begun negotiating a contract with Eastman Kodak for large-scale industrial production of these nonradioactive substances.

From "Big Science" by Michael Hiltzik

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