In or Out: Setting a Trap for Radioactive Iodine
August 26, 2010
With a half-life of nearly 16 million years, the radioisotope Iodine-129 produced by nuclear power plants will be sticking around for a long time. Because iodine plays a role in human metabolism, radioactive 129I is especially dangerous if it escapes into the environment. Researchers utilizing the U.S. Department of Energy’s Advanced Photon Source at Argonne National Laboratory have uncovered new information that might lead to improved long-term storage of Iodine-I29.










