Radioactive cesium has been considered one of the more hazardous radioactive nuclides produced in nuclear fission. Upon ingestion, like potassium, cesium distributes itself throughout the soft tissue and has a relatively short residence time in the body. Half-lives of 134Cs and 137Cs are 2 and 30 years, respectively, both being beta- and gamma-emitters.
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Standard Methods Committee of the American Public Health Association, American Water Works Association, and Water Environment Federation. 7500-cs radioactive cesium
In: Standard Methods For the Examination of Water and Wastewater. Lipps WC, Baxter TE, Braun-Howland E, editors. Washington DC: APHA Press.
DOI: 10.2105/SMWW.2882.142