radioactive waste

/ˌˈreɪdioʊˌæktɪv weɪst/
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Other forms: radioactive wastes

Definitions of radioactive waste
  1. noun
    useless radioactive materials that are left after some laboratory or commercial process is completed
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    types:
    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:
    radioactive material
    material that is radioactive
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