Radioactive contamination is also known as radiological contamination. It is the deposition, or presence of radioactive substances on surfaces within solids, liquids, or gases. There presence is unintended or undesirable.
I'm going to quote this from the dictionary,
"Radioactive: emitting or relating to the emission of ionizing radiation or particles"
"Contamination: make (something) impure by exposure to or addition of a poisonous or polluting substance"
Radioactive contamination: exposure to or addition of a radioactive substance.
When something (or material) has become exposed to or mixed with a radioactive source material.
For example after the Chernobil disaster radioactive dust (fallout) spread over much of the northern portions of Europe, contaminating crops, soil and animals.
release of toxic wastes containing radioactive materials disrupting the life systems
Radioactive pollution is something unwanted going into the environment. It can be very dangerous because radiation can cause cancer.
It can occur whenever any radioactive material gets where it's not supposed to be. Actually this can happen very easily; the difficulty is to AVOID contamination.
Two causes of radioactive pollution are:
Mining activites
Nuclear waste
Nobelium is not found in nature. It is a synthetic radioactive element.
high-speed atomic particles occur
1. Radium was used in the past for the radiotherapy of some cancers. 2. But because radium is strongly radioactive uncontrolled irradiation or contamination with radium can lead to some cancers.
A stable, nonradioactive atom must be formed.
Mendelevium does not occur naturally. It is a synthetic radioactive element. It is almost unquestionably toxic.
Who provides commercial insurnace coverage for owner on radioactive contamination?
"cross-contamination" occurs when
Nobelium is not found in nature. It is a synthetic radioactive element.
Radium, by a big margin. Radium has no isotopes that are not radioactive, but no naturally occurring isotopes of potassium or sodium are radioactive.
The unwanted presence of materials containing radioactive atoms on other materials.
Radioactive Contamination
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
Widespread radioactive contamination
Heat from impact, and radiation poisioning and radioactive contamination.
Sure but it depends on the radioactive elements halflives
Because plutonium is toxic and radioactive the contamination of the environment is very dangerous.
Americium is very radioactive and a strong contamination can cause cancers.