Cesium isotope analysis, particularly the ratio of 135 Cs to 137 Cs, plays a crucial role in understanding the sources and persistence of radioactive contamination in the environment. This ...

Caesium gets its name from the Greek for heavenly blue ... by the fusion of bismuth-209 with chromium-24 to form bohrium-262 with a half-life of about 85 milliseconds. Since then many other isotopes ...

Saharan sand contains radioactive isotopes of plutonium and cesium that can be transported from the great African desert to ...

The Norwegian Radiation and Nuclear Safety Authority (DSA) has discovered traces of radioactive Cesium-137 near the Russian ...

Mildly radioactive Pacific bluefin tuna migrated from Japan to the coastal waters of Southern California last year, carrying in their tissue cesium isotopes released by the Fukushima nuclear disaster.

Researchers collected soil and ash after the 2020 wildfires in the Chernobyl Exclusion Zone. Chemical tests suggested that ...

“Cesium-137 enters the body through ingestion or inhalation. This isotope emits beta and gamma radiation, both forms of ionizing radiation which damage living tissues. The radiation dose lethal ...