radionuclide
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of radionuclide
Example Sentences
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That, combined with radionuclide results, makes a strong case for a nuclear test, the authors say.
From Science Magazine • Dec. 4, 2024
The water is treated to remove most radioactive elements except for tritium, a radionuclide difficult to separate from water, and then diluted to internationally accepted levels before being released into the ocean.
From Reuters • Sep. 6, 2023
The monitoring stations at Dubna and Kirov, which ceased transmitting data on 10 August, monitor radionuclide particles in the air.
From The Guardian • Aug. 20, 2019
At Hanford, the Energy Department does undertake environmental monitoring to measure radionuclide concentrations in the air, water, soils, fish and wildlife.
From Seattle Times • Jun. 14, 2018
In a section on nuclear power, he describes how biologists, after the Chernobyl disaster, found that certain Mediterranean shrimp species had extraordinarily high concentrations of the radionuclide polonium 210 in some organs.
From New York Times • Jul. 16, 2011
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