Meanings
plural radioactive wastes
- countableuncountableWaste containing radioactive nuclides.
Dealing with all the radioactive waste left on site is a slow-motion race against time, which will last so long that even the grandchildren of those working on site will not see its end. The process will cost at least £121bn.
December 15 2022, Samanth Subramanian, “Dismantling Sellafield: the epic task of shutting down a nuclear site”, in The Guardian1 more example
For 75 years, it has fulfilled a wide range of roles: producing weapons-grade plutonium for early atomic weapons in the aftermath of the Second World War; the world's first commercial nuclear power station supplying electricity to the National Grid; reprocessing and storage of nuclear fuel; and the processing of lower grades of radioactive waste for off-site storage.
2023 December 27, Ben Jones, “Inside Sellafield... by rail”, in RAIL, number 999, page 20
Synonyms & antonyms
Translations
Catalan residu radioactiu
- residu radioactiutype of waste
Chinese Mandarin 放射性廢料 /放射性废料
- 放射性廢料 /放射性废料 (fàngshèxìng fèiliào)type of waste
Czech radioaktivní odpad
- radioaktivní odpadtype of waste
Danish atomaffald, radioaktivt affald
- atomaffaldtype of waste
- radioaktivt affaldtype of waste
Dutch radioactief afval
- radioactief afvaltype of waste
Finnish ydinjäte, radioaktiivinen jäte
- ydinjätetype of waste
- radioaktiivinen jätetype of waste
French déchet radioactif
- déchet radioactiftype of waste
German radioaktiver Abfall
- radioaktiver Abfalltype of waste
Greek ραδιενεργά απόβλητα
- ραδιενεργά απόβλητα (radienergá apóvlita)type of waste
Hebrew פסולת רדיואקטיבית
- פסולת רדיואקטיבית (psólet radioaktívit)type of waste
Hungarian radioaktív hulladék
- radioaktív hulladéktype of waste
Indonesian limbah radioaktif
- limbah radioaktiftype of waste
Irish fuíoll núicléach
- fuíoll núicléachtype of waste
Italian scoria radioattiva
- scoria radioattivatype of waste
Japanese 放射性廃棄物
- 放射性廃棄物 (hōshasei haikibutsu)type of waste
Korean 방사성 폐기물
- 방사성 폐기물 (bangsaseong pyegimul)type of waste
Norwegian Bokmål atomavfall
- atomavfalltype of waste
Polish odpady promieniotwórcze
- odpady promieniotwórczetype of waste
Portuguese lixo nuclear
- lixo nucleartype of waste
Romanian deșeuri radioactive
- deșeuri radioactivetype of waste
Russian радиоакти́вные отхо́ды
- радиоакти́вные отхо́ды (radioaktívnyje otxódy)type of waste
Scottish Gaelic sgudal rèidio-beò
- sgudal rèidio-beòtype of waste
Slovak rádioaktívny odpad
- rádioaktívny odpadtype of waste
Spanish residuo radiactivo
- residuo radiactivotype of waste
Swahili taka ya nyuklia
- taka ya nyukliatype of waste
Swedish radioaktivt avfall, kärnkraftsavfall
- radioaktivt avfalltype of waste
- kärnkraftsavfalltype of waste
Turkish radyoaktif atık
- radyoaktif atıktype of waste
Ukrainian радіоакти́вні відхо́ди
- радіоакти́вні відхо́ди (radioaktývni vidxódy)type of waste
Vietnamese chất thải phóng xạ
- chất thải phóng xạtype of waste
Welsh gwastraff niwclear
- gwastraff niwcleartype of waste
Cite this entry
radioactive waste. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/radioactive%20waste
“radioactive waste.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/radioactive%20waste. Accessed November 4, 2026.
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