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Creating Waves of Awareness
New York Times | Japan Checks The Population for Radioactivity
Covering the face and mouth cannot protect against the release of radioactive steam in an effort to cool the nuclear plant core. Detection of higher than normal levels of radioactive elements have been found in 160 individuals with a few showing radiation poisoning.
The government requests the people to remain calm after the announcement of 1000 times normal level detection of radioactive materials.
A meltdown occurs when there is insufficient cooling of the reactor core, and it is the most dangerous kind of a nuclear power accident because of the risk of radiation releases. The radiation levels reported so far by the Japanese authorities are far above normal but still too small to pose a hazard to human health if the exposure continued for a brief period. The fear was that more core damage would bring bigger releases.
List of Radioactive Elements
When a nuclear plant explodes or melts down some radioactive elements released into the atmosphere and water and seeps into ground affecting all life.
| Radioactive Element | Atomic Number | Atomic Mass Number | Decay Type | Half Life |
| Hydrogen (H) | 1 | 3 | Beta Decay (β-) | 12 years |
| Beryllium (Be) | 4 | 10 | Beta Decay (β-) | 2,700,000 years |
| Carbon (C) | 6 | 14 | Beta Decay (β-) | 5,730 years |
| calcium (Ca) | 20 | 41 | Beta Decay (β+) | 100,000 years |
| Iron (Fe) | 26 | 59 | Beta Decay (β-) | 45 days |
| Cobalt (Co) | 27 | 60 | Beta Decay (β-), Gamma | 5 years |
| Nickel (Ni) |
28 | 59 | Beta Decay (β+) | 80,000 years |
| Zinc (Zn) | 30 | 65 | Beta Decay (β-), Gamma | 145 days |
| Selenium (Se) | 34 | 79 | Beta Decay (β-) | 70,000 years |
| Krypton (Kr) | 36 | 85 | Beta Decay (β-), Gamma | 10 years |
| Krypton (Kr) | 36 | 90 | Beta Decay (β-), Gamma | 33 seconds |
| Rubidium (Rb) | 37 | 87 | Beta Decay (β-) | 47 billion years |
| Strontium (Sr) | 38 | 89 | Beta Decay (β-) | 53 days |
| Strontium (Sr) | 38 | 90 | Beta Decay (β-) | 28 years |
| Yttrium (Y) | 39 | 90 | Beta Decay (β-), Gamma | 64 hrs |
| Yttrium (Y) | 39 | 91 | Beta Decay (β-) | 58 days |
| Zirconium (Zr) | 40 | 93 | Beta Decay (β-) | 950,000 years |
| Zirconium (Zr) | 40 | 95 | Beta Decay (β-) | 65 days |
| Niobium (Nb) | 41 | 93 | Gamma | 4 years |
| Niobium (Nb) | 41 | 95 | Beta Decay (β-), Gamma | 35 days |
| Molybdenum (Mo) | 42 | 93 | Beta Decay (β+) | 10,000 years |
| Technetium (Tc) | 43 | 99 | Beta Decay (β-), Gamma | 210,000 years |
| Ruthenium (Ru) | 44 | 103 | Beta Decay (β-) | 40 days |
| Ruthenium(Ru) | 44 | 106 | Beta Decay (β-) | 1 year |
| Palladium (Pd) | 46 | 107 | Beta Decay (β-), Gamma | 7 million years |
| Silver (Ag) | 47 | 110 | Beta Decay (β-), Gamma | 249 days |
| Tin (Sn) | 50 | 126 | Beta Decay (β-) | 100,000 years |
| Antimony (Sb) | 51 | 125 | Beta Decay (β-) | 2 years |
| Tellurium (Te) | 52 | 127 | Beta Decay (β-), Gamma | 105 days |
| Tellurium (Te) | 52 | 129 | Beta Decay (β-) | 67 minutes |
| Iodine (I) | 53 | 129 | Beta Decay (β-), Gamma | 17.2 million years |
| Iodine (I) | 53 | 131 | Beta Decay (β-), Gamma | 8 days |
| Iodine (I) | 53 | 134 | Beta Decay (β-), Gamma | 52 minutes |
| Xenon (Xe) | 54 | 133 | Beta Decay (β-), Gamma | 5 days |
| Xenon (Xe) | 54 | 137 | Beta Decay (β-), Gamma | 4 minutes |
| Xenon (Xe) | 54 | 138 | Beta Decay (β-), Gamma | 14 minutes |
| Cesium (Cs) | 55 | 134 | Beta Decay (β-), Gamma | 2 years |
| Cesium (Cs) | 55 | 135 | Beta Decay (β-), Gamma | 2 million years |
| Cesium (Cs) | 55 | 137 | Beta Decay (β-), Gamma | 30 years |
| Cerium (Ce) | 58 | 144 | Beta Decay (β-) | 285 days |
| Promethium (Pm) | 61 | 147 | Beta Decay (β-), Gamma | 2 years |
| Europium (Eu) | 63 | 154 | Beta Decay (β-), Beta Decay (β+), Gamma | 16 years |
| Europium (Eu) | 63 | 155 | Beta Decay (β-) | 2 years |
| Lead (Pb) | 82 | 210 | Beta Decay (β-), Alpha | 21 years |
| Bismuth (Bi) | 83 | 210 | Alpha | 3 million years |
| Polonium (Po) | 84 | 210 | Alpha | 138 days |
| Radon (Rn) | 86 | 220 | Alpha, Beta Decay (β+) | 1 min |
| Radon (Rn) | 86 | 222 | Alpha | 4 days |
| Radium (Ra) | 88 | 224 | Alpha | 4 days |
| Radium (Ra) | 88 | 225 | Beta Decay (β-) | 15 days |
| Radium (Ra) | 88 | 226 | Alpha | 1,622 years |
| Thorium (Th) | 90 | 228 | Alpha | 2 years |
| Thorium (Th) | 90 | 229 | Alpha | 7,340 years |
| Thorium (Th) | 90 | 230 | Alpha | 80,000 years |
| Thorium (Th) | 90 | 232 | Alpha | 14 years |
| Thorium (Th) | 90 | 234 | Beta Decay (β-) | 24 days |
| Proactinium (Pa) | 91 | 226 | Alpha, Beta Decay (β+) | 2 minutes |
| Uranium (U) | 92 | 233 | Alpha | 162,000 years |
| Uranium (U) | 92 | 234 | Alpha | 248,000 years |
| Uranium (U) | 92 | 235 | Alpha | 713 million years |
| Uranium (U) | 92 | 236 | Alpha | 23.9 million years |
| Uranium (U) | 92 | 238 | Alpha | 4.51 billion years |
| Neptunium (Np) | 93 | 237 | Alpha | 2.2 million years |
| Plutonium (Pu) | 94 | 236 | Alpha | 285 years |
| Plutonium (Pu) | 94 | 238 | Alpha | 86 years |
| Plutonium (Pu) | 94 | 239 | Alpha | 24,390 years |
| Plutonium (Pu) | 94 | 240 | Alpha | 6,580 years |
| Plutonium (Pu) | 94 | 241 | Beta Decay (β-), Alpha | 13 years |
| Plutonium (Pu) | 94 | 242 | Alpha | 379,000 years |
| Plutonium (Pu) | 94 | 243 | Alpha | 5 years |
| Plutonium (Pu) | 94 | 244 | Alpha | 76 million years |
| Americium (Am) | 95 | 241 | Alpha | 458 years |
| Americium (Am) | 95 | 242 | Beta Decay (β-), Beta Decay (β+), Alpha, Gamma | 16 hours |
| Americium (Am) | 95 | 243 | Alpha | 7,950 years |
| Curium (Cm) | 96 | 242 | Alpha | 163 days |
| Curium (Cm) | 96 | 243 | Alpha | 35 years |
| Curium (Cm) | 96 | 244 | Alpha | 18 years |
| Curium (Cm) | 96 | 247 | Alpha | 40 million years |
Source: List of radioactive elements
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