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Where would be the best location for a radioactive waste storage facility?
It depends. Radioactive Waste emitting Alpha particles could be stored in drums within a secure area, since Alpha particles can be stopped by a sheet of paper. Radioactive Waste emitting Beta particles can also be stored in drums within a secure area, since Beta particles can be stopped by a sheet of tin. Radioactive Waste particles emitting Gamma rays require many feet of dense lead in order to stop the radiation. These wastes are generally stored within secure areas underground, or remote areas away from highly populated areas.
What is the name for the emission of rays and particles by a radioactive material?
The name for the emissions of rays and particles by a radioactive material are called radioactive decay. There are many different types of radioactive decay that emit different rays and particles.
What is meant by the word radioactive?
emits radioactive particles.
What elements that emit atomic particles are called?
Elements that emit atomic particles are typically referred to as radioactive elements. These elements undergo radioactive decay and emit particles such as alpha particles, beta particles, or gamma rays as they try to become more stable.
What is a nucleus that emits energy and particles spontaneously?
Any radioactive element gives off subatomic particles, and these particles carry considerable energy. That is the definition of radioactivity. Examples of radioactive elements include uranium, plutonium, polonium, radium, and many more.
Will radioactive fallout make the surface it comes into contact with radioactive?
Remember, radioactive fallout on a surface does not make the surface itself radioactive. The particles themselves are radioactive, not the surface they come in contact with. The surface can usually be cleaned of any contamination
How is radioactive waste stored?
hidden in trees
How can radioactive particles be effectively removed from water?
Radioactive particles can be effectively removed from water through processes such as filtration, ion exchange, and reverse osmosis. These methods help to trap and separate the radioactive particles from the water, making it safe for consumption.
What is primarily released in radioactive decay?
Particles or electromagnetic waves
An isotope that disintegrates giving off rays of atomic particles is said to be?
radioactive
What happens to a region when radioactive particles are released?
This region become a radioactive contaminated area.
What is an isotope that give off particles?
radioactive
