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Rich.ucm
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Hi,
i understand that fission breaks apart radioactive atoms into smaller 'slightly more stable' atoms.. and that this process continues until the atoms break down into stable atoms..
i have been wondering if a radioactive atom/isotope once broken down into a stable atom/isotope would still be considered radioactive?
additionally; in toxic waste matterial, if a random radioactive atom/isotope were pulled from the waste and undergone a controlled fission process --- would this atom/isotope (and it's children atoms/isotopes) be capable of breaking down into purely non-radioactive atoms/isotopes?
--OR--
would they always contain some form of radioactivity regardless of how far they are broken down through fission?
thanks in advance for any light you could shed on the questions!
Rich
i understand that fission breaks apart radioactive atoms into smaller 'slightly more stable' atoms.. and that this process continues until the atoms break down into stable atoms..
i have been wondering if a radioactive atom/isotope once broken down into a stable atom/isotope would still be considered radioactive?
additionally; in toxic waste matterial, if a random radioactive atom/isotope were pulled from the waste and undergone a controlled fission process --- would this atom/isotope (and it's children atoms/isotopes) be capable of breaking down into purely non-radioactive atoms/isotopes?
--OR--
would they always contain some form of radioactivity regardless of how far they are broken down through fission?
thanks in advance for any light you could shed on the questions!
Rich