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If the radioisotopes experiment is successful, over time the scientists hope to expand their work for the benefit of other endangered animals, such as elephants and pangolins.
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Chas Newkey-Burden, The Week Uk, theweek, 4 July 2024
Especially challenging were very specific military requirements regarding the half-life of the radioisotopes that would be dispersed by the weapons and the intensity of radioactivity emitted.
—William C. Potter, Foreign Affairs, 15 Dec. 2023
As the film depicts, Oppenheimer really did humiliate Strauss in front of Congress when the two men disagreed about exporting radioisotopes, a scene that is taken largely verbatim from the book.
—Vulture, 25 July 2023
The Apollo lunar landing missions also had nuclear generators on board; the ALSEPs used radioisotope thermoelectric generators to power some of the surface experiments.
—Amy Shira Teitel, Discover Magazine, 28 Mar. 2019
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Chas Newkey-Burden, The Week Uk, theweek, 4 July 2024
Especially challenging were very specific military requirements regarding the half-life of the radioisotopes that would be dispersed by the weapons and the intensity of radioactivity emitted.
—William C. Potter, Foreign Affairs, 15 Dec. 2023
As the film depicts, Oppenheimer really did humiliate Strauss in front of Congress when the two men disagreed about exporting radioisotopes, a scene that is taken largely verbatim from the book.
—Vulture, 25 July 2023
The Apollo lunar landing missions also had nuclear generators on board; the ALSEPs used radioisotope thermoelectric generators to power some of the surface experiments.
—Amy Shira Teitel, Discover Magazine, 28 Mar. 2019
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“Radioisotope.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/radioisotope. Accessed 1 Oct. 2024.
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radioisotope
noun
ra·dio·iso·tope
ˌrād-ē-ō-ˈī-sə-ˌtōp 
: a radioactive isotope
Medical Definition
radioisotope
noun
ra·dio·iso·tope
ˌrād-ē-ō-ˈī-sə-ˌtōp
: a radioactive isotope compare radioelement
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