Radionuclides | Half life | Radiation emitted | Field of use | |||
Lab | Industry | Medical | Nuclear Power | |||
Cerium, 144Cs | 285 days | beta | X | X | ||
Cesium, 137Ce | 30 years | beta, gamma | X | X | ||
Cobalt, 60Co | 5 years | gamma | X | X | X | X |
Iodine, 131I, 125I | 8 days | beta, gamma | X | X | X | |
Iridium, 192Ir | 74 days | gamma | X | |||
Phosphorous, 32P | 14 days | beta | X | X | ||
Plutonium, 239Pu | 82x10(6) years | alpha | X | |||
Radium, 226Ra | 1622 years | alpha, beta, gamma | X | X | X | |
Strontium, 90Sr | 28 years | beta | X | X | ||
Technetium, 99, 95Tc | 6 hours to 60 days | gamma | X | X | X | |
Tritium, 3H | 12 years | beta | X | |||
Uranium, 234, 235, 238Ur | 2.5x10(6) to 4.5x10(9) years | alpha, gamma | X | X | X |
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