"radioactive waste" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: radioactive wastes [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} radioactive waste (countable and uncountable, plural radioactive wastes)
  1. Waste containing radioactive nuclides. Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Nuclear energy, Radioactivity Translations (type of waste): ճառագայթաակտիվ թափոններ (čaṙagaytʻaaktiv tʻapʻonner) [plural] (Armenian), радыёакты́ўныя адхо́ды (radyjoaktýŭnyja adxódy) [masculine, plural] (Belarusian), residu radioactiu [masculine] (Catalan), 放射性廢料 (Chinese Mandarin), 放射性废料 (fàngshèxìng fèiliào) (Chinese Mandarin), radioaktivní odpad [neuter] (Czech), atomaffald (Danish), radioaktivt affald (Danish), radioactief afval [neuter] (Dutch), ydinjäte (Finnish), radioaktiivinen jäte (Finnish), déchet radioactif [masculine] (French), radioaktiver Abfall [masculine] (German), ραδιενεργά απόβλητα (radienergá apóvlita) [neuter, plural] (Greek), פסולת רדיואקטיבית (psólet radioaktívit) [feminine] (Hebrew), radioaktív hulladék (Hungarian), limbah radioaktif (Indonesian), fuíoll núicléach [masculine] (Irish), scoria radioattiva [feminine] (Italian), 放射性廃棄物 (hōshasei haikibutsu) (alt: ほうしゃせいはいきぶつ) (Japanese), радиоактивті қалдық (radioaktivtı qaldyq) (Kazakh), 방사성 폐기물 (bangsaseong pyegimul) (Korean), цацраг идэвхт хаягдал (cacrag idevxt xajagdal) (Mongolian), atomavfall (english: nuclear waste) [neuter] (Norwegian Bokmål), atomavfall (english: nuclear waste) [neuter] (Norwegian Nynorsk), odpady promieniotwórcze [masculine, plural] (Polish), lixo nuclear [masculine] (Portuguese), deșeuri radioactive [neuter, plural] (Romanian), радиоакти́вные отхо́ды (radioaktívnyje otxódy) [masculine, plural] (Russian), sgudal rèidio-beò [masculine] (Scottish Gaelic), радиоактивни отпад [Cyrillic, masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), radioaktivni otpad [Roman, masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), rádioaktívny odpad [masculine] (Slovak), radioaktívni odpádki [masculine, plural] (Slovene), residuo radiactivo [masculine] (Spanish), radioaktivt avfall [neuter] (Swedish), kärnkraftsavfall (note: from nuclear power) [neuter] (Swedish), radyoaktif atık (Turkish), радіоакти́вні відхо́ди (radioaktývni vidxódy) [masculine, plural] (Ukrainian), chất thải phóng xạ (Vietnamese), gwastraff niwclear [masculine] (Welsh)

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    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "radioaktívnyje otxódy",
      "sense": "type of waste",
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "plural"
      ],
      "word": "радиоакти́вные отхо́ды"
    },
    {
      "code": "gd",
      "lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
      "sense": "type of waste",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "sgudal rèidio-beò"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "type of waste",
      "tags": [
        "Cyrillic",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "радиоактивни отпад"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "type of waste",
      "tags": [
        "Roman",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "radioaktivni otpad"
    },
    {
      "code": "sk",
      "lang": "Slovak",
      "sense": "type of waste",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "rádioaktívny odpad"
    },
    {
      "code": "sl",
      "lang": "Slovene",
      "sense": "type of waste",
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "plural"
      ],
      "word": "radioaktívni odpádki"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "type of waste",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "residuo radiactivo"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "type of waste",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "radioaktivt avfall"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "note": "from nuclear power",
      "sense": "type of waste",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "kärnkraftsavfall"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "type of waste",
      "word": "radyoaktif atık"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "radioaktývni vidxódy",
      "sense": "type of waste",
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "plural"
      ],
      "word": "радіоакти́вні відхо́ди"
    },
    {
      "code": "vi",
      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "sense": "type of waste",
      "word": "chất thải phóng xạ"
    },
    {
      "code": "cy",
      "lang": "Welsh",
      "sense": "type of waste",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "gwastraff niwclear"
    }
  ],
  "word": "radioactive waste"
}

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