Sentences with phrase «including radioactive particles»

Not exact matches

These include the products of radioactive decay, cosmic rays (the highest - energy form of electromagnetic radiation known to man), and the stellar wind, a stream of particles that fly out from any star as it continuously burns.

Each carried 10 separate science instruments, including cameras and devices to measure magnetism and charged particles, along with a state - of - the - art eight - track - tape data recorder and a long - lasting radioactive generator.

The original dust particles were made largely of silicates mixed with other materials, including water and aluminum 26, a radioactive isotope with a half - life of about 700,000 years.

The difference between this accident and Chernobyl, they say, is that at Chernobyl a huge fire released large amounts of many radioactive materials, including fuel particles, in smoke.

After all, 30 kilometers was the extent of the spread of dangerous radioactive material even at Chernobyl, a far worse nuclear accident that included an intense fire that wafted radioactive particles more than 9,000 meters into the air.

The estimate of 11,000 fatal cancers also does not include internal radiation exposure caused by the breathing in or swallowing of radioactive particles.