fission product
Britishnoun
Example Sentences
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Huang: Because of her work on fission product decay.
From Scientific American ● Aug. 24, 2023
The population surrounding Chernobyl was not warned that iodine-131—a radioactive fission product that can enter the food chain—had contaminated milk and other locally produced agricultural products.
From Slate ● Apr. 26, 2016
This was odd, they thought; cobalt 60 is not a fission product, and it had not been found in other radioactive material, even in samples from much closer to Ground Zero.
From Time Magazine Archive
Strontium 90 is probably the most-feared fission product.
From Time Magazine Archive
Especially frightening was the fallout of strontium 90, a deadly fission product that settles in bones and may cause cancer.
From Time Magazine Archive
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