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  • noun Plural form of radionuclide.

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  • There are actually three standards, depending on the type of radiation: For alpha particles, the standard is 15 picocuries per liter; for long-term radionuclides, it's 50 picocuries per liter; and for short-lived tritium, it's 20,000 picocuries per liter.

    legitgov 2009

  • Slide 15: Radiopharmaceuticals • A different radiopharmaceutical option is to label radionuclides to phosphonates that are known to have a high osteoaffinity.

    Recently Uploaded Slideshows 2009

  • Depleted Uranium and other invisible radioactive materials too tiny to be seen called radionuclides act as creators of tumors and carcinogens in our environment.

    Kennedy, Cancer, and You 2008

  • The application scans material and assays by gamma spectroscopy to identify key gamma emitting radionuclides, which is instantly compared against the pre-established radiation threshold.

    unknown title 2012

  • If you go under the water table deep enough, there is no oxygen in the water, and if there is no oxygen than the solubility of a sizable number of the radionuclides is a non-problem.

    Worldchanging: Bright Green 2009

  • For example, regulation will continue to be the preferred instrument in the case of severe threats to human health, such as radionuclides and severely toxic carcinogens, where the optimal level of emission approaches zero.

    An Introduction to Ecological Economics~ Chapter 4 2008

  • \ "Nuclear medicine studies require the oral or intravenous introduction of very low-level radioactive chemicals (called radionuclides, radiopharmaceuticals or radiotracers) into the body.

    Recently Uploaded Slideshows 2009

  • The radionuclides, primarily cesium-137 and strontium-90, but also plutonium and others, will enter the sea.

    Marvin Resnikoff: Fukushima 2.0 Marvin Resnikoff 2011

  • The radionuclides, primarily cesium-137 and strontium-90, but also plutonium and others, will enter the sea.

    Marvin Resnikoff: Fukushima 2.0 Marvin Resnikoff 2011

  • The radionuclides, primarily cesium-137 and strontium-90, but also plutonium and others, will enter the sea.

    Marvin Resnikoff: Fukushima 2.0 Marvin Resnikoff 2011

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