Definition of NUCLIDE

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Recent Examples on the Web Storage tanks at the site, which hold water treated by a nuclide-removal facility called ALPS, are forecast to be full by mid-2022, and space for building more is scarce. — Aya Takada, Bloomberg.com, "Fukushima Water Should Be Released Into Sea or Evaporated, Panel Says," 29 Apr. 2020 Water treatment is happening at large-scale facilities that have been built onsite, including a multi-nuclide removal facility. — William Steel, Ars Technica, "Remediating Fukushima—“When everything goes to hell, you go back to basics”," 11 May 2018 The half-life of cesium-137, one of the most harmful nuclides released during the accident, is approximately thirty years. — Serhii Plokhy, Time, "The True Cost of the Chernobyl Disaster Has Been Greater Than It Seems," 26 Apr. 2018

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“Nuclide.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/nuclide. Accessed 8 Jul. 2020.

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