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nuclear waste

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noun

  1. another name for radioactive waste

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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She and her father previously founded Deep Isolation, which designs underground disposal of nuclear waste.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 28, 2026

The U.S. has more commercial nuclear waste than any other country in the world.

From The Wall Street Journal Jun. 24, 2026

Key questions the inquiry wants to answer include whether Australia will receive the submarines it will pay for, where and how the nuclear waste will be stored, and if the deal undermines the country's sovereignty.

From BBC Jun. 2, 2026

I’m 76 and won $50,000 in a settlement related to cancer from nuclear waste.

From MarketWatch Mar. 30, 2026

Like many countries, including the United States, Japan lacks a safe nuclear waste storage system.

From "Meltdown" by Deirdre Langeland

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