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    Radioactive contamination, also called radiological pollution, is the deposition of, or presence of radioactive substances on surfaces or within solids...
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  • nuclear safety and radiation protection are required, radioactive contamination is a concern. Radioactive substances can appear on surfaces, or within solids...
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    Goiânia accident (category Radioactive waste)
    The Goiânia accident [ɡojˈjɐniɐ] was a radioactive contamination accident that occurred on September 13, 1987, in Goiânia, Goiás, Brazil, after an unsecured...
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    Denver, caused radioactive (primarily plutonium, americium, and uranium) contamination within and outside its boundaries. The contamination primarily resulted...
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    contaminated. The main spot of radioactive contamination fell on the territory of industrial sites, and 256 cubic meters of radioactive solutions were poured into...
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  • are designed to disperse radioactive material over a certain area. They act through the effects of radioactive contamination on the environment and related...
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    Chernobyl exclusion zone (category Radioactively contaminated areas)
    of approximately 2,600 km2 (1,000 sq mi) in Ukraine is where radioactive contamination is the highest, and public access and habitation are accordingly...
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  • A radioactive contamination incident occurred in 1984 in Ciudad Juárez, Mexico, originating from a radiation therapy unit purchased by a private medical...
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    the Mayak disaster or Ozyorsk disaster in newer sources, was a radioactive contamination accident that occurred on 29 September 1957 at Mayak, a plutonium...
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    stripped by metal hunters, despite the risk of radioactive contamination. Transforming the radioactive material into an inert form reduces the danger...
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  • body or due to internal irradiation caused by the ingestion of radioactive contamination. Ionizing radiation is widely used in industry and medicine, and...
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    pollution, litter, noise pollution, plastic pollution, soil contamination, radioactive contamination, thermal pollution, light pollution, and visual pollution...
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    British government in the 1970s and 1980s. Radioactive contamination Radiation poisoning Radiation biology Radioactive waste Radiological weapon Joseph Rotblat...
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    radiation survey meters, personnel and environmental monitoring for radioactive contamination, medical imaging, radiometric assay, nuclear security and nuclear...
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    mines are vulnerable to attacks which could lead to widespread radioactive contamination. The attack threat is of several general types: commando-like...
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    Convention, 1960 – by International Labour Organization Radioactive contamination Radioactive decay Weisstein, Eric W. "Radiation". Eric Weisstein's World...
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    the resulting clouds of smoke and dust, heavily polluted with radioactive contamination. The trees died from this radiation. The explosion and fire at...
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    large area planar detectors are used extensively to check for radioactive contamination on personnel, flat surfaces, tools, and items of clothing. This...
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    sarcophagus, completed in December 1986, reduced the spread of radioactive contamination and provided radiological protection for the crews of the undamaged...
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    can cause burns, but alpha and beta radiation can only do so if radioactive contamination or nuclear fallout is deposited on the individual's skin or clothing...
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    Caesium-137 (category Radioactive contamination)
    Caesium-137 (137 55Cs ), cesium-137 (US), or radiocaesium, is a radioactive isotope of caesium that is formed as one of the more common fission products...
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    since radioactive elemental iodine gas may be released. Airborne I-131 may cause a greater risk of second-hand exposure, spreading contamination over a...
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    months. The Baker test's radioactive contamination of all the target ships was the first case of immediate, concentrated radioactive fallout from a nuclear...
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    Radioactive decay (also known as nuclear decay, radioactivity, radioactive disintegration, or nuclear disintegration) is the process by which an unstable...
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    evidence to identify an explicit link between cancer rates and radioactive contamination in the area. Since 1947 the Santa Susana Field Laboratory location...
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  • amount of radioactive fission products, avoided the fireball's contact with the Earth's surface, thus eliminating radioactive contamination of the soil...
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    and the nuclear payload to rupture and disperse, resulting in radioactive contamination of the area. The United States and Denmark launched an intensive...
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  • bury or burn". The resulting radioactive ash had been scattered and used during later landscaping of the site. The radioactive ash had also been used as...
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    Loss-of-coolant accident Nuclear power Nuclear power debate Radioactive contamination Radioactive waste Vulnerability of nuclear plants to attack NRC Emergency...
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  • A radionuclide (radioactive nuclide, radioisotope or radioactive isotope) is a nuclide that has excess numbers of either neutrons or protons, giving it...
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