Spent nuclear fuel (already used) is stored at -

Gamma radiation is widely used to sterilise consumer cosmetics, such as hair products and contact lens solutions, and to remove foreign bodies such as allergens.

Radioactive materials are used to inspect pipes across a range of industries. New oil and gas pipeline systems are checked by ...

Analysing the relative abundance of particular naturally-occurring radioisotopes is of vital importance in determining the age of rocks and other materials that are of interest to ......

Many people are aware of the wide use of radiation and radioisotopes in medicine particularly for diagnosis (identification) and therapy (treatment) of various medical conditions. In developed countries about one person in ......... uses diagnostic nuclear medicine each year.

Radiation is used to control insect populations via the Sterile Insect Technique (SIT). SIT involves rearing large populations of insects that are sterilised through irradiation (gamma or X-rays), and introducing them into natural populations. SIT was first developed in the USA and has been used successfully for more than ....... years.

Radioactive iodine (I-131) is used in small amounts to treat cancer and other conditions affecting the ......... gland.

The United Nations (UN) Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) estimates that about ............. million people (one in nine) were suffering from chronic undernourishment in 2014-16. Radioisotopes and radiation used in food and agriculture are helping to reduce these figures.

The function of many common consumer products is dependent on the use of small amounts of radioactive material. Smoke detectors, watches & clocks, and non-stick materials, among others, all utilise the natural properties of radioisotopes in their design.

Hospitals use ............. radiation to sterilise medical products and supplies such as syringes, gloves, clothing, and instruments that would otherwise be damaged by heat sterilisation.

Food irradiation is the process of exposing foodstuffs to ......... rays to kill bacteria that can cause food-borne disease, and to increase shelf-life.

The first power station to produce electricity by using heat from the splitting of uranium atoms began operating in the ..........

The first practical application of a radioisotope was made by a Hungarian man named George de Hevesy in .....