Uranium & the Community

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Radioisotopes are widely used in testing and analysing industrial materials, such as, metals, welds and a range of minerals and fuels. An important commercial product that uses radioisotopes is no further away than your ceilings - the household smoke detector.

Radioisotopes can also be used to detect and analyse environmental pollutants.

Greater technical detail can be found on this topic by searching through the listed briefing papers and education resources at www.uic.com.au.

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