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radioactive dust
(redirected from Nuclear fallout)

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Noun1.radioactive dust - the radioactive particles that settle to the ground after a nuclear explosionradioactive dust - the radioactive particles that settle to the ground after a nuclear explosion
dust - fine powdery material such as dry earth or pollen that can be blown about in the air; "the furniture was covered with dust"


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1986: The slaughter and movement of Cumbrian lambs was restricted in the wake of nuclear fallout from Chernobyl.
In times past, a part of the hill was hollowed out to create a nuclear fallout shelter for the military, and a souvenir of the times is the imposing white-painted metal blast-proof door that one passes to reach the toilets, reached at the end of a similarly institutionally-painted narrow corridor that, had history turned out differently, would have heard the thunder of Warsaw Pact boots before the multi-pronged wheel on that door was slammed shut.
A retailer of nuclear fallout shelters in Japan said Monday that sales soared in the lead-up to North Korea's rocket launch as jittery residents took their safety into their own hands.
 
 
 
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