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Joliot-Curie, the daughter of the Curies, discovered artificial radioactivity, i.e., new radioactive elements produced by the bombardment of non-radioactive elements with a-particles or neutrons.
The Nobel Prize in Chemistry: The Development of Modern Chemistry 2010
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Tag each chemical product with a non-radioactive isotope to help track its possible migration into drinking water supplies.
Alison Rose Levy: Mr. Ruffalo and Mr. Fox Go to Washington, Ask for Moratorium on Fracking Alison Rose Levy 2011
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If you are concerned about the chemical hazard (that is, this stuff is poison), note that non-radioactive isotopes have the same chemical properties as the radioactive ones.
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The whole idea with potassium iodide is to provide non-radioactive, cold, stable iodine to the thyroid in the body.
Japan's Nuclear Crisis Stokes Fears of Radiation Exposure 2011
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It has a short half-life of eight days, meaning that in that time, half of it will have decayed to a non-radioactive state, a process that will continue until it is undetectable, Mr. Matus said.
Radiation Detected in U.S. Robert Lee Hotz 2011
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If you are concerned about the chemical hazard (that is, this stuff is poison), note that non-radioactive isotopes have the same chemical properties as the radioactive ones.cboldt(Quote)
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Eventually, all radioactive wastes decay into non-radioactive elements.
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Eventually all radioactive wastes decay into non-radioactive elements.
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Dolphin meat is through-the-roof toxic because of high levels of mercury, the most toxic non-radioactive element in the world.
Louie Psihoyos: Australians Take a Stand Against Japanese City's Dolphin-Hunting Practice 2009
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They produced all of the radionuclides found in HLW, including over 5 tonnes of fission products and 1.5 tonnes of plutonium, all of which remained at the site and eventually decayed into non-radioactive elements.
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