fission-product waste
71Cadmium-113m — is a Cadmium radioisotope and nuclear isomer with a halflife of 14.1 years. In a normal thermal reactor, it has a very low fission product yield, plus its large neutron capture cross section means that most of even the small amount produced is… …
72Soil contamination — Excavation showing soil contamination at a disused gasworks. Soil contamination or soil pollution is caused by the presence of xenobiotic (human made) chemicals or other alteration in the natural soil environment. This type of contamination… …
73Oil spill — A squid after an oil spill Oil Sick from th …
74Selenium — (pronEng|səˈliniəm) is a chemical element with the atomic number 34, represented by the chemical symbol Se, an atomic mass of 78.96. It is a nonmetal, chemically related to sulfur and tellurium, and rarely occurs in its elemental state in nature …
75Water quality — A rosette sampler is used to collect samples in deep water, such as the Great Lakes or oceans, for water quality testing. Water quality is the physical, chemical and biological characteristics of water.[1] It is a measure of the condition of… …
76Kyshtym — ( ru. Кыштым) is a town in Chelyabinsk Oblast, Russia, located on the eastern slope of the South Ural Mountains some 90 km northwest of Chelyabinsk, near the town of Ozyorsk. Population: 41,929 (2002); 36,000 (1970).Nuclear disasterKyshtym is… …
77Convention for the Protection of the Marine Environment of the North-East Atlantic — The official logo of the OSPAR Convention The Convention for the Protection of the Marine Environment of the North East Atlantic or OSPAR Convention is the current legislative instrument regulating international cooperation on environmental… …
78United States Naval reactor — refers to nuclear reactors used by the United States Navy. Reactors are designed by a variety of contractors, then developed and tested at one of three government owned or operated facilities (Naval Reactors Facility, Bettis Atomic Power… …
79Surface runoff — Runoff flowing into a stormwater drain Surface runoff is the water flow that occurs when soil is infiltrated to full capacity and excess water from rain, meltwater, or other sources flows over the land. This is a major component of the water… …
80Chernobyl necklace — is a horizontal scar left on the base of the neck after a surgery to remove a malignant thyroid gland (thyroid cancer) caused by radiation poisoning. The scar typically takes a long time [1] to fade, and during that time, the bearers are visually …
