Sentences with phrase «radioactive decay gradually»

In the pools, found in all six of Fukushima's reactor halls, radioactive decay gradually heated the water.

Not exact matches

But as the radioactive elements decay into more stable ones, they stop releasing heat and the interiors of these objects gradually cool, and any subsurface oceans will eventually freeze.

While the tremendous increase in luminosity is given by energy liberated by the explosion, its gradually fading light is fueled by radioactive cobalt decaying into iron.