Sentences with phrase «natural radioactive decay»

Geothermal plants send water down holes to bring to the surface the heat from natural radioactive decay deep in the mantle.

Radioisotope power systems convert heat from the natural radioactive decay of the isotope plutonium - 238 into electricity.

They then applied a precise dating technique based on natural radioactive decay of uranium, as Urs Schaltegger added: «In the sedimentary cross-sections, we found layers of volcanic ash containing the mineral zircon which incorporates uranium.

The nuclear hearts were powered by plutonium - 238, an element that emits close to a century's worth of steady heat due to its natural radioactive decay.

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Natural circulation in the reactor alone is enough to remove all the heat generated by the radioactive decay of the elements in the reactor fuel.

The first system — radioisotope thermoelectric generators, or RTGs — taps heat released from the natural decay of a radioactive element, such as plutonium.

This set of four lessons goes over the exponential formula used in Physics for radioactive decay as well as teaching the basic rules of logs and why natural logs are used.

Part of this heat is generated by the natural decay of radioactive element in the rocks, and part of the heat is left over from the formation of the Earth five billion years ago — when gravity pulled together bits of gas and dust to form our planet.