Sentences with phrase «containing radioactive chemical»
Radioactive waste is waste type containing radioactive chemical elements that does not have a practical purpose.
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Another problem is the wastewater from these wells, which can contain toxic or even radioactive chemicals.
In a new study, Scripps Institution of Oceanography at the University of California San Diego Professor James Day and colleagues examined the chemical composition of zinc and other volatile elements contained in the green - colored glass, called trinitite, which were radioactive materials formed under the extreme temperatures that resulted from the 1945 plutonium bomb explosion.
Previous studies have shown that fracking fluids contain high levels of salts, barium and radioactive elements, in addition to human - made chemicals added in the process of hydraulic fracturing.
Fracking wastewater is laden with chemicals used to drill and frack the well and may also contain radioactive compounds and heavy metals released from deep underground.
Their discovery could aid in the synthesis of new «radiotracers» — chemical compounds that contain a radioactive form, or isotope, of an element — for use with a noninvasive, high - resolution 3 - D medical imaging technology known as PET (positron emission tomography) scanning.