Meaning of radioactive waste | Babel Free
Definitions
Waste containing radioactive nuclides.
countable, uncountable
Equivalents
Deutsch
radioaktiver Abfall
Ελληνικά
ραδιενεργά απόβλητα
Español
residuo radiactivo
Français
déchet radioactif
Bahasa Indonesia
limbah radioaktif
Italiano
scoria radioattiva
日本語
放射性廃棄物
한국어
방사성 폐기물
Nederlands
radioactief afval
Polski
odpady promieniotwórcze
Português
lixo nuclear
Русский
радиоакти́вные отхо́ды
Svenska
kärnkraftsavfall
Examples
“Dealing with all the radioactive waste left on site is a slow-motion race against time, which will last so long that even the grandchildren of those working on site will not see its end. The process will cost at least £121bn.”
“For 75 years, it has fulfilled a wide range of roles: producing weapons-grade plutonium for early atomic weapons in the aftermath of the Second World War; the world's first commercial nuclear power station supplying electricity to the National Grid; reprocessing and storage of nuclear fuel; and the processing of lower grades of radioactive waste for off-site storage.”
CEFR level
B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.