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Researchers from Peking University, the University of Cambridge, and partner institutions highlighted that glass is often used to immobilize contaminants such as radionuclides and heavy metals, locking them safely inside a stable structure.
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Prabhat Ranjan Mishra, Interesting Engineering, 16 Oct. 2025
Removing plutonium and other troublesome radionuclides can cut decay heat and reduce high-level waste volume by a factor of five.
—Kathryn Huff, MSNBC Newsweek, 6 Oct. 2025
In August, the FDA announced four recalls (one of which was updated on Friday, Aug. 29, to include best-by dates) for frozen shrimp due to potential radionuclide (Cesium-137) contamination.
—Marina Johnson, Louisville Courier Journal, 8 Sep. 2025
In that case, radionuclides would have been spewed over a wide area, possibly including Tokyo.
—Elizabeth Kolbert, New Yorker, 7 Apr. 2025
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Prabhat Ranjan Mishra, Interesting Engineering, 16 Oct. 2025
Removing plutonium and other troublesome radionuclides can cut decay heat and reduce high-level waste volume by a factor of five.
—Kathryn Huff, MSNBC Newsweek, 6 Oct. 2025
In August, the FDA announced four recalls (one of which was updated on Friday, Aug. 29, to include best-by dates) for frozen shrimp due to potential radionuclide (Cesium-137) contamination.
—Marina Johnson, Louisville Courier Journal, 8 Sep. 2025
In that case, radionuclides would have been spewed over a wide area, possibly including Tokyo.
—Elizabeth Kolbert, New Yorker, 7 Apr. 2025
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“Radionuclide.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/radionuclide. Accessed 23 Oct. 2025.
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radionuclide
noun
ra·dio·nu·clide
-ˈn(y)ü-ˌklīd 
: a radioactive nuclide
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