Sentences with phrase «as radioactive cesium»
If the fuel rods are no longer being cooled — as has happened at all three reactors at the Fukushima Daiichi power plant operating at the time of the earthquake — then the zirconium cladding will swell and crack, releasing the uranium fuel pellets and fission byproducts, such as radioactive cesium and iodine, among others.
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And that means there may be two direct paths for radioactive particle byproducts of nuclear fission, such as cesium 137 and iodine 131, to escape and spread radiation — cracks in containment as well as the spent fuel pools now open to the air.
This can help us understand such things as how ions move from water into a cell membrane, or how to extract Hanford's radioactive cesium from water using oil or other organic solvents.»
No greenhouse gases, no wealth transfers to despotic dictators, 6000 years of fuel ready to be used, and useful radioactive byproducts such as cesium to kill e-coli bacteria poisoning meats, spinach, etc..
The fission process creates radioactive isotopes of lighter elements such as cesium - 137 and strontium - 90.