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Multiple factors go into effective nuclear test monitoring, such as looking for the presence of certain radionuclides in the atmosphere.
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Thomas G. Moukawsher, MSNBC Newsweek, 25 Apr. 2025
In that case, radionuclides would have been spewed over a wide area, possibly including Tokyo.
—Elizabeth Kolbert, New Yorker, 7 Apr. 2025
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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Thomas G. Moukawsher, MSNBC Newsweek, 25 Apr. 2025
In that case, radionuclides would have been spewed over a wide area, possibly including Tokyo.
—Elizabeth Kolbert, New Yorker, 7 Apr. 2025
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.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/radionuclide. Accessed 10 Sep. 2025.
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radionuclide
noun
ra·dio·nu·clide
-ˈn(y)ü-ˌklīd 
: a radioactive nuclide
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