Sentences with word «radioactive»

The iodine is taken up by the active (abnormal) thyroid tissue, but not by any other tissues, resulting in a selective local accumulation of radioactive material in the abnormal tissues.

It is now a form of radioactive waste that has to be kept in a safe status for thousands of years afterward.

The reactor is designed to never be opened on site and thus there is little opportunity for diversion of radioactive material from operating plants.

No known process can explain how they could mess around with radioactive decay rates.

Oral medication: If your cat is not a candidate for surgery or for radioactive iodine treatment, she will need to be treated with oral medication.

Produced by the decay of radioactive elements, these particles rarely, if ever, interact with matter, making them extremely hard to detect and study.

The tunnel contained rail cars filled with radioactive waste, leading to concerns of a radiation leak.

The chemical is administered after nuclear exposure because it helps protect the thyroid from radioactive iodine, one of the most dangerous elements of nuclear fallout.

The hole would not have been used for radioactive material, but was rather intended to garner insight to the geology and technical challenges of such drilling.

For this example, let's use radioactive decay as our topic.

This is light of extremely short wavelengths typically produced either among the stars / in cosmic rays or by radioactive element decay.

They have introduced a bill banning foreign import of low - level radioactive waste unless there is an exemption from the president.

On the one hand, the material was unstable, much like radioactive substances, and was thus doomed to decay.

The mix of radioactive particles released into the atmosphere would vary with the length of time expired since the fuel units were moved from reactors to the pools.

The danger comes when this naturally occurring radioactive gas gets trapped and concentrated, as can happen in mines and in the lower floors of some homes.

The issue was higher than normal radioactive contamination in the water that the fuel rods heat to produce steam.

Not only is the theme song as infectious as radioactive spider bite, but it may even help teach my boys something about the nature of sin and temptation.

Yes, there is error in radioactive dating and variability in decay rates.

Public concerns about nuclear power have traditionally centered on two issues: the risk of widespread radioactive fallout from an accident and the hazards of nuclear waste.

One category of highly radioactive material, which ends up stored in glass «logs» for burial, is reduced, he said.

Millions of patients depend on a rare radioactive form of one element to scan them for disease.

Work done there has inspired potential solutions to such global problems as radioactive waste, global warming, oil spills and cancer.

He also promised to secure more federal funding to clean up this and other radioactive sites.

In 2000, scientists proposed finding bacteria that eat a certain chemical by feeding them the compound tagged with radioactive carbon - 13.

For example, we have radioactive sources in the science labs.

Our next step will be to see what impact they have on radioactive materials.

A half - life usually describes the decay of discrete entities, such as radioactive atoms.

Many feared possible harm from radioactive leaks into the river.

Instead, this «gold mine bug» gets energy from radioactive uranium in the depths of the mine.

Short - lived radioactive elements formed during the blast keep the shell hot as it expands.

The returning mixture, which contains radioactive materials and some of the natural gas from the geological formation, is supposed to be captured.

But the atmosphere keeps making more radioactive carbon, and none of that gets into the plant after it dies.

There are a few different treatment options, including radioactive iodine therapy, surgical treatment, and medication.

Next, take a second sample and subject it to high heat to kill off any microorganisms, then add more radioactive compounds to the chamber.

The source of the leak, which was not radioactive, has been stopped.

And that doesn't even take into account all the primordial and man - made radioactive substances.

It can also contain naturally - occurring radioactive materials.

What is more, the uranium atoms that have already split in two produce radioactive by - products that themselves give off a great deal of heat.

Unfortunately, because this treatment requires handling of radioactive drugs it is also only available at certain centres.

The problem with nuclear test explosions is that they create radioactive fallout.

Another problem is the wastewater from these wells, which can contain toxic or even radioactive chemicals.

All true... and one might add that in footprint terms, using once - used radioactive fuel residue is about as «low footprint» as producing power gets.

The bulk of the green movement, however, remains hostile to the nuclear industry, largely because of worries about radioactive waste.

However, please do not bring mercury - containing or radioactive products.

Typically, dust and other particles, seawater and other liquids, or even gases pick up radioactive contaminants that are then transported great distances.

One thing we did was expand on our first find and look at more radioactive samples.

Their fundamental discoveries may aid research into the management of nuclear waste, by helping scientists understand how chemicals can be used to separate the most radioactive elements.