Sentences with phrase «radioactive hydrogen isotope»

They examined tritium, a radioactive hydrogen isotope that has been present in the atmosphere since nuclear testing began, to trace the downward movement of precipitation.

Not exact matches

This radioactive isotope of hydrogen is only manufactured in nuclear power plants and would cost any fusion generator $ 100 million per week.

Tritium: Tritium is a radioactive isotope of hydrogen.

KATRIN will study neutrinos, which are less than a millionth the mass of an electron, by sifting through the aftermath of radioactive decays of tritium, an isotope of hydrogen with two neutrons.

Scientists agree that tritium, a radioactive isotope of hydrogen, is key to obtaining a precise measurement: As a gas, tritium decays at such a rate that scientists can relatively easily observe its electron byproducts.

Tully runs a prototype lab in the U.S. Department of Energy's (DOE) Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory (PPPL) that draws on the fact that neutrinos can be captured by tritium, a radioactive isotope of hydrogen, and provide a tiny boost of energy to the electrons emitted in tritium decay.

Now news that two monitoring wells detected a spike in levels of tritium, a radioactive isotope of hydrogen, has raised important questions about the aging infrastructure at the complex.

(e.g., tritium, the radioactive isotope of hydrogen, and its decay product, the noble gas isotope 3He).