radionuclide
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of radionuclide
Example Sentences
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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
Aeon, a major supermarket chain Aeon that has been testing cesium and iodine levels in fish, announced plans to also test for tritium, a radionuclide inseparable from water.
From Seattle Times • Aug. 25, 2023
In addition to the casks themselves, the bentonite surrounding them will also prevent radionuclide escape, regulators say.
From Science Magazine • Feb. 23, 2022
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
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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