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Organisms that live in or on sediment, such as worms, shellfish, and bottom feeders, could be exposed to high radionuclide concentrations.
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IEEE Spectrum, 11 Jan. 2012
Accumulation of radionuclides in marine sediment is the main concern, says Buesseler.
—IEEE Spectrum, 11 Jan. 2012
After a nuclear weapon test, for example, particles and gases from an explosion called nuclear fallout contaminate the environment and leave lingering radionuclides—atoms with unstable nuclei.
—Margaret Osborne, Smithsonian Magazine, 29 Aug. 2023
The process will remove almost all radionuclides from the wastewater, apart from tritium – a naturally occurring form of hydrogen that is the weakest of all of radioactive isotopes.
—Kathleen Magramo, CNN, 27 Aug. 2023
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IEEE Spectrum, 11 Jan. 2012
Accumulation of radionuclides in marine sediment is the main concern, says Buesseler.
—IEEE Spectrum, 11 Jan. 2012
After a nuclear weapon test, for example, particles and gases from an explosion called nuclear fallout contaminate the environment and leave lingering radionuclides—atoms with unstable nuclei.
—Margaret Osborne, Smithsonian Magazine, 29 Aug. 2023
The process will remove almost all radionuclides from the wastewater, apart from tritium – a naturally occurring form of hydrogen that is the weakest of all of radioactive isotopes.
—Kathleen Magramo, CNN, 27 Aug. 2023
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radionuclide
noun
ra·dio·nu·clide
-ˈn(y)ü-ˌklīd 
: a radioactive nuclide
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