Sentences with phrase «radionuclides into»

Not exact matches

«This study showed that intrinsic colloids formed by interactions between soluble Cerium (Ce) and carbonates significantly increase the mobility of Ce injected into a carbonate rock fracture,» explains BGU Zuckerberg Institute for Water Research Director Prof. Noam Weisbrod, Ph.D. «The formation of intrinsic colloids, if not accounted for, could result in the under prediction of radionuclide migration through fractures in fine - grained carbonate bedrock, such as chalk.»

Since then, radiation levels have ebbed as short - lived radionuclides, such as iodine - 131 with a half - life of 8 days, decay into stable isotopes.

This means that some radioactive material gets into the turbine and condensers and pumps, but these are usually very short - lived radionuclides.

But «this new and unanticipated pathway for the storage and release of radionuclides to the ocean should be taken into account in the management of coastal areas where nuclear power plants are situated.»

This method, known as targeted radionuclide therapy, or TRT, involves the use of molecules labeled with radioactive atoms that are injected into patients and localized in cancer cells.

Human sources of radiation released into the atmosphere over the past 60 years, although serious, pale in comparison to the radionuclides already naturally present in the ocean.

These scintillation detectors will help find uranium and radionuclides that terrorists might try to bring into the country.