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radioactive material

DEFINITIONS OF: radioactive material

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n material that is radioactive

Types:
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)
Type of:
material, stuff
the tangible substance that goes into the makeup of a physical object
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