Radioactive Fallout
The term "radioactive fallout" refers to the contamination caused by nuclear events that have taken place in the atmosphere. Some of these events have been deliberate, such as the ...
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Radioactive Fallout
In the 1930s, scientists found that bombarding uranium metal with neutrons caused the nuclei of uranium atoms to break apart, or fission. One significant feature of this reaction...
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Radioactive Fallout
The term radioactive fallout, or just fallout, refers to the debris and radioactive materials that settle out of the air after the detonation of a nuclear weapon or after a nuclear...
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