radioactive debris

collocation in English

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radioactive
adjective
uk
/ˌreɪ.di.əʊˈæk.tɪv/us
/ˌreɪ.di.oʊˈæk.tɪv/
having or producing powerful and dangerous energy that comes from the breaking up ...
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debris
noun[U]
uk
/ˈdeb.riː/us
/dəˈbriː/
broken or torn pieces of ...
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(Definition ofradioactiveanddebrisfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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In the course of the flights air samples are collected to determine the concentration ofradioactivedebrisintroduced into the stratosphere by nuclear tests.
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However, the prevailing northward winds blew most of theradioactivedebrisaway from the city.
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As compared with an above-ground test, theradioactivedebrisreleased to the atmosphere was reduced by a factor of ten.
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The catastrophic fire in the graphite neutron moderator compounded the problem, sending massive amounts ofradioactivedebrisinto the atmosphere.
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However, these plates were later suspected of stirring upradioactivedebris, and to have significantly increased radiation measured in the sea.
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Unfortunately these nuclear tests do occasionally vent to the surface, producing from nearly none to considerable amounts ofradioactivedebrisas a consequence.
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However, the major practical problem of the entire proposal was collecting theradioactivedebrisdispersed by the powerful blast.
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Also, because of the subsurface detonation,radioactivedebrismay contaminate the local groundwater.
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The material can be recovered from various sources including dust from the vicinity of a nuclear facility, or from theradioactivedebrisfollowing a nuclear explosion.
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