radiogenic

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They also discovered that people who were not exposed to an acute level of ionizing radiation but were exposed to low-levels on a daily basis because they lived in an area contaminated by fallout also developed thyroid and other radiogenic problems.

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  • Among his many ongoing projects, Mindiola's group is looking at how depleted uranium 238, a weakly radiogenic isotope of uranium nuclear waste, can be transformed into something useful, say, a source of energy or a catalyst. —  IU News: Arts and Humanities
  • The "morbidity risk coefficient" is a comparable estimate of the average total risk of experiencing a radiogenic cancer, whether or not the cancer proves fatal. —  Facing South
  • Measured terrestrial heat flow is of 44 TW, and the radiogenic heat is 3TW. —  A Quantum Diaries Survivor
  • Bones from modern terrestrial feeders have substantially lower Sr concentrations and more radiogenic 87 Sr / 86 Sr ratios than those from modern marine feeders. —  CiteULike: Everyone's library
  • Conditions covered under this program are: radiogenic cancers, beryllium diseases and chronic silicosis. —  U.S. Department of Energy - Press Releases
 

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