nonradioactive
adjective
non·ra·dio·ac·tive
ˌnän-ˌrā-dē-ō-ˈak-tiv 
: not of, caused by, or exhibiting radioactivity : not radioactive
nonradioactive carbon
nonradioactive waste
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If the specimen is less than 50,000 years old, bones, charcoal and other organic substances can be dated based on the percentage of radioactive carbon that has degraded to a nonradioactive nitrogen.
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Pat Shipman, Scientific American, 8 Dec. 2022
Pat Shipman, Scientific American, 8 Dec. 2022
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nonradioactive
adjective
non·ra·dio·ac·tive
-ˌrād-ē-ō-ˈak-tiv
: not radioactive
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