Naturally Occurring Radionuclides: | ||||
Isotope Name | Half-life | Principle Decay Mode | Maximum Energy | Product of: |
Radium-226 | 1599.0 y | alpha | 4.78450 Mev | Natural Source 238U decay scheme |
Radon-222 | 3.82351 d | alpha | 5.48966 Mev | Same |
Polonium-210 | 138.3763 d | alpha | 5.30451 Mev | daughter 210Bi in radium decay scheme |
Artificially Produced Radionuclides which also exist Naturally*: | ||||
Tritium | 12.346 y | beta | 0.018610 Mev | 6Li |
Carbon-14 | 5730 y | beta | 0.155 Mev | 14N |
Krypton-85 | 10.701 y | beta | 0.672 Mev | 84Kr |
Artificial Radionuclides Produced by the Fission Process: | ||||
Strontium-89 | 50.55 d | beta | 1.488 Mev | 88Sr |
Strontium-90 | 28.82 y | beta | 0.546 Mev | fission |
Iodine-129 | 157 x 107 y | beta | 0.150 Mev | fission |
Iodine-131 | 8.040 d | beta | 0.6065 Mev | fission |
Cesium-134 | 2.062 y | beta | 1.454 Mev | 133Cs |
Cesium-137 | 30.174 y | beta | 0.51163 Mev | fission |
Transuranic Nuclides Produced by the Fission Process: | ||||
Neptunium-237 | 2.14 x 106 y | alpha | 4.2 Mev | 241Am |
Plutonium-238 | 87.71 y | alpha | 5.49921 Mev | 238Np |
Plutonium-239 | 2.4131 X 104 y | alpha | 5.1554 Mev | 235mU |
Plutonium-241 | 14.355 y | alpha | 5.17 Mev | Multiple n-capture from 238U, 239Pu |
Americium-241 | 432.0 y | alpha | 5.48574 Mev | 241Pu |
Curium-242 | 162.76 d | alpha | 6.1129 Mev | same as 241Pu |
Curium-244 | 18.099 y | alpha | 5.80496 Mev | same as 241Pu |
Other Important Fission Products Include: | ||||
Molybdemum-99 | 67 hr | beta | 1.23 Mev | |
Technetium-99 | 2.12 x 105 y | beta | 0.292 Mev | |
Ruthenium-103 | 39.8 d | beta | 0.70 Mev | |
Ruthenium-106 | 1 y | beta | 0.039 Mev | |
Silver-110m | 252 d | gamma | 0.74 Mev | |
Tellurium-132 | 78 hr. | beta | 0.22 Mev | |
Barium-140 | 12.8 d | beta | 1.02 Mev | |
Cerium-144 | 290 d | beta | 0.31 Mev | |
Europium-154 | 8.2 y | beta | 0.70 Mev | |
Important Activation Products Include: | ||||
Nickel-63 | 100 y | beta | 0.067 Mev | |
Nickel-59 | 76,000 y | electron capture | 1.06 Mev | |
Cobalt-58 | 0.194 y | e.c. and gamma | 0.474 Mev | |
Cobalt-60 | 5.2719 y | beta | 0.31788 Mev | |
Iron-55 | 2.68 y | e.c. | ||
Manganese-54 | 0.855 y | gamma | 0.835 Mev | |
Niobium-95 | 35 d | beta | 0.160 Mev | |
Zirconium-95 | 0.175 y | gamma | 0.396 Mev |
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Thursday, October 2, 2014
Prior to the first nuclear explosion at Alamogordo, New Mexico on July 16, 1945, the dietary intake of radiocesium was ZERO
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