Radioactive contamination

• What is radioactive contamination?


  The presence of unwanted radioactive nuclei on other materials
• What is irradiation?


  • The process of exposing a material to nuclear radiation
  • The material does not become radioactive
• Why is it important for the results of studies on the effects of radiation to be published and shared with other scientists?

  • To allow the findings to be independently checked
  • This is known as peer review