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Most frequent pollution isotopes.

We know about some 20 nuclear plants accidents - those areas are most polluted, lets check what radioactive isotopes prevail there.
Nov 12, 2010

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  • Victor Kuryshev
    Chernobyl Nuclear plant accident
    Radionuclides:
    Strontium - 90 (Half-life 29 years)
    Cesium - 137 (Half-life 29 years)
    potassium-40 (half life of 1.248×109 yr.) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Potassium-40
    plutonium-239 (half-life of 24,200 years) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plutonium-239
    krypton-85 (half-life of 10.756 years) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Krypton-85
    Nov 12, 2010
  • Ted Bowyer · Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
    This depends on the definition of 'most common'. Do you mean highest activity releases?
    Dec 19, 2012

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