Cesium-137 is one of the most common fission products in nuclear waste, and cobalt-60 (also a byproduct of fission) is used in radiation therapies. When testing with the cesium isotope ...

“Nuclear waste emits powerful gamma radiation ... s Nuclear Reactor Laboratory using two radioactive sources: cesium-137 and ...

Scientists recently developed a novel battery technology that can use atomic or nuclear waste to convert electricity.

Caesium-137, an industrial waste from the iron smelting process, is classified as Type 3 hazardous waste in Thailand and is strictly controlled under the Basel Convention on the Control of ...

"You will probably get more radiation from the flight that you take," said Claire Corkhill, a nuclear-waste-disposal researcher ... islands contained more cesium-137 than is permitted by ...

Once the capsule is opened, more than 250 people end up contaminated by the substance called Cesium 137, being the biggest radiological accident in the history of Brazil.

The definition of the hyperfine transitions of cesium was — by international agreement — 9,192,631,770 Hz. A 5 MHz crystal oscillator generates a signal that is modulated by a 137 Hz signal.