het kernafval
nuclear waste
noun · /ˈkɛrn.ɑˌfɑl/
Its article is not one a rule predicts. Why het kernafval?
Forms
- Article
- het kernafval
- How common
- in everyday Dutch
In a sentence
Kernafval is gevaarlijk en blijft dat lang.
Nuclear waste is dangerous and remains so for a long time.
We moeten het kernafval veilig opslaan.
We must store the nuclear waste safely.
Er is nog geen definitieve oplossing voor kernafval.
There is still no definitive solution for nuclear waste.
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