Radioactive (Radiation) Pollution

 What is radioactive pollution?

Radioactive substances and nuclear radiation produced during nuclear reaction affects our environment adversely and radioactive pollution is created.

 

       

(i). Low leavel radioactive liquid wastes, radioactive, gases wastes, and dusts are released during nuclear explosion. The radioactive gaseous wastes are released during nuclear explosions. The radioactive gases wastes are injected into the upper layer at atmosphere where, due to cooling they condens to fine dust particles and thus radioactive cloud is formed.                                                                  Thus cloud moves in the direction of the wind, settles down slowly to the surface of the earth 🌎 and thus pollutes air, water 🌊💦 and soils.

(ii).  The radioactive substances produced energy which is so strong that the living cells are damage or destroy.

(iii). People working with radioactive elements develop tumours.

(iv). Radioactive elements like strontium -90 affects our soils and through this human beings and animals are also affected adversely.

(v). Nuclear explosion 💥 which are operated in sea  water 🌊💦 polluted .                                                This affects the aquatic life.

(vi). We know that in a nuclear reactor U- 235 is used as a nuclear fuel ⛽⛽, which undergoes nuclear fission and energy is produced. Nuclear radiation are produced in the processes viz mining and enrichment of U-235 taking place in the nuclear reactor.                                                                 These radiation can leak from the reactor and, therefore, damage the health of human beings and animals

Control measures for minimising radioactive pollution

The wates matter produced in mining enrichment and fission of U-235 inside the reactor are collectively called nuclear wastes. At present, most of nuclear wastes are being stored in strong leak proof containers, These will be disposed off 📴 whenever a Salt 🧂 method of their disposal is found out.