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radioactive waste en · NOUN

Pronunciation

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Meanings

1. (countable, uncountable) Waste containing radioactive nuclides.
   • For 75 years, it has fulfilled a wide range of roles: producing weapons-grade plutonium for early atomic weapons in the aftermath of the Second World War; the world's first commercial nuclear power station supplying electricity to the National Grid; reprocessing and storage of nuclear fuel; and the processing of lower grades of radioactive waste for off-site storage. 2023 December 27, Ben Jones, “Inside Sellafield... by rail”, in RAIL, number 999, page 20:
   • Dealing with all the radioactive waste left on site is a slow-motion race against time, which will last so long that even the grandchildren of those working on site will not see its end. The process will cost at least £121bn. December 15 2022, Samanth Subramanian, “Dismantling Sellafield: the epic task of shutting down a nuclear site”, in The Guardian:

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Translations (41)

ga fuíoll núicléach (type of waste) · hu radioaktív hulladék (type of waste) · cs radioaktivní odpad (type of waste) · uk радіоакти́вні відхо́ди (type of waste) · ca residu radioactiu (type of waste) · he פסולת רדיואקטיבית (type of waste) · fi ydinjäte (type of waste) · it scoria radioattiva (type of waste) · es residuo radiactivo (type of waste) · ja 放射性廃棄物 (type of waste) · id limbah radioaktif (type of waste) · sk rádioaktívny odpad (type of waste) · ko 방사성 폐기물 (type of waste) · el ραδιενεργά απόβλητα (type of waste) · sh radioaktivni otpad (type of waste) · sw taka ya nyuklia (type of waste) · da atomaffald (type of waste) · nb atomavfall (type of waste) · tr radyoaktif atık (type of waste) · sv kärnkraftsavfall (type of waste) · fr déchet radioactif (type of waste) · nn atomavfall (type of waste) · pt lixo nuclear (type of waste) · sv radioaktivt avfall (type of waste) · ro deșeuri radioactive (type of waste) · kk радиоактивті қалдық (type of waste) · pl odpady promieniotwórcze (type of waste) · hy ճառագայթաակտիվ թափոններ (type of waste) · de radioaktiver Abfall (type of waste) · da radioaktivt affald (type of waste) · sl radioaktívni odpádki (type of waste) · ru радиоакти́вные отхо́ды (type of waste) · nl radioactief afval (type of waste) · fi radioaktiivinen jäte (type of waste) · gd sgudal rèidio-beò (type of waste) · cy gwastraff niwclear (type of waste) · cmn 放射性廢料 /放射性废料 (type of waste) · be радыёакты́ўныя адхо́ды (type of waste) · vi chất thải phóng xạ (type of waste) · sh радиоактивни отпад (type of waste) · mn цацраг идэвхт хаягдал (type of waste)