about natural radiation vs artificial huge differences exist
Please see section 1.06.07
"Fission products To large a proportion of Neutrons to protons to provide stability"
Please see section 1.06.07
"Fission products To large a proportion of Neutrons to protons to provide stability"
That is a basic introduction
Also, most (if not all)
Also, most (if not all) isotopes were abundant at the creation of the Earth 4.6 billion years ago and the only ones left are the ones with long (~billions of years) half-lives. These are the so-called primordial nuclides.
Understanding
Fascinating stuff thanks for link dc one thing and u can correct me If I am off.are there not nuclides that are only created by man and fission releases I believe cesium 137 is one.also After 30 years cesium 137 turns ,decays to barium137? was any barium 137 detected in soil tests?
Cs137 has a 30 year half
Cs137 has a 30 year half life and so none of the original Cs137 is around anymore. Therefore, if Cs137 has been detected, it is man-made. Cs137 is a fission product, created by the splitting of U235 or Pu239. A single atom will decay with 50% probability at 30 years. At 60 years, a single atom has a 75% chance of decay,...,90 years 87.5%, 120 years, 93.75%,...,and so on. At about 5 half lives, >95% has decayed away. Most regulations use 10 half lives for remediation, or 300 years!
Ba137 is a stable isotope so we would not see it using our methods of observing the radioactivity.
Sorry, I don't understand
Sorry, I don't understand any of this. Can you explain how this affects the health impact of natural or artificial isotopes?
we're not evolved to handle
we're not evolved to handle rare ones.
In which section is that
In which section is that mentioned, I can't find it :(