Why is there radioactive waste in the English Channel?Elizabeth F. Ralph
To make things worse, if our “garbage” is radioactive or hazardous, all of that dangerous waste would be uncontrollably distributed across the planet, polluting the environment. Congratulations, we had one problem, now we have thousands of problems. Sending something into space is not an easy...
[02:33.04]but NASA reports estimates [02:35.72]of a million tons of it on the moon. [02:39.44]Helium-3 could provide nuclear energy [02:43.80]in a fusion reactor. [02:46.28]But since Helium-3 is not radioactive [0...
However, Cs-137 will stay in the environment for a longer time period that is determined by its biological half-life, i.e. the combination of its radioactive half-life and the rate of removal from body tissues or the soil surface by natural processes. This latter process can be ...
Clearly, the two scientists were uncomfortable with their newly assigned role as promoters of a mesmerizing, dangerous technology. If “Oppenheimer” expands on this personal discomfort, the film keeps firmly in place the disconnect between the bombs’ creators and the destruction they wrought. ...
(DOE). They were interested in the possiblity that if organisms existed in the depths of Earth, they might degrade organic pollutants and help maintain the purity of groundwater or,rather less usefully, degrade the containers in which the DOE was proposing to deposit the radioactive waste from...
When a radioactive isotope breaks down into a stable isotope of “daughter” material, it will not decay further or emit any more radiation. Thus, over time, the same of radioactive material will become less dangerous, as it will not be emitting as many alpha, beta or gamma particles. A...
Nuclear power's concern is almost always the toxic radioactive waste, there's no way to dispose of it other than special landfills designed for this purpose, as the material will remain lethal for a probably longer time than mankind has left on the plane Dr. Dro said: No, it's true...
“Be wary of any object that incorporates human hair.” This guidance influenced the handling of a Haida orca headdress: “Community members instructed the museum not to put this headdress on view. Museum professionals were warned that handling can be dangerous.” Consequently, this object is ...
“All the broken fragments of atoms from bombs exploded in the air come down as radioactive fallout all over the planet.” People were getting those materials into their bodies, and they are “very dangerous materials”. 3 He noted Nobel prize-winner Linus Pauling predicted [the fallout] ...