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radioactive waste

(Physics / Nuclear Physics) any waste material containing radionuclides Also called nuclear waste

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radioactive waste - useless radioactive materials that are left after some laboratory or commercial process is completed

high-level radioactive waste - radioactive waste that left in a nuclear reactor after the nuclear fuel has been consumed

low-level radioactive waste - (medicine) radioactive waste consisting of objects that have been briefly exposed to radioactivity (as in certain medical tests)

radioactive material - material that is radioactive

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radioactive waste (redirected from Atomic waste)

radioactive waste
(redirected from Atomic waste)