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The half-life of a radioactive isotope is the time it takes for half of the atoms of that isotope to decay.

Most naturally occurring radioactive substances and many fission products are unstable and undergo radioactive decay to form another unstable substance which in turn decays to from an unstable product etc. etc. This step-by-step decay only stops when a stable product is formed.

This Environmental Studies Factsheet explains:
• Decay of uranium.
• Dangers of radioactivity.
• Chernobyl.
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April 2004

ISSN / ISBN

ISSN: 1351-5136

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