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...from radioactive debris or [[nuclear fallout|fallout]] resulting from a [[nuclear explosion]]. Many such shelters were constructed as [[civil defense]] measu During a nuclear explosion, matter vaporized in the resulting fireball is exposed to neutron

Thyroid iodine uptake blockade with potassium iodide is used in [[nuclear medicine]] [[scintigraphy]] and therapy with some radioiodinated compounds ...<ref>Kowalsky RJ, Falen, SW. Radiopharmaceuticals in Nuclear Pharmacy and Nuclear Medicine. 2nd ed. Washington DC: American Pharmacists Association; 2004.<

...sposed under oxidising conditions in volcanic tuff at the [[Yucca Mountain nuclear waste repository]]. Unfortunately carbonate easily replaces iodide in its i

...s in a metallic bond. However, other factors (such as [[atomic radius]], [[nuclear charge]], number of bonding [[Atomic orbital|orbitals]], overlap of orbital ...reactor technology|nuclear power plants]] to produce energy via [[nuclear fission]]. Mercury is a liquid at room temperature and is used in switches to compl

...ense</ref> DU is also found in [[Nuclear reprocessing|reprocessed]] spent nuclear reactor fuel, but that kind can be distinguished from DU produced as a bypr ...e hope that the enrichment process would be improved and [[Nuclear fission|fission]]able [[isotope]]s of U-235 could, at some future date, be extracted from t

...luation of nuclear and decay properties|author=Audi, G. ''et al.''|journal=Nuclear Physics A|volume=729|year=2003|pages=3}}</ref> ===From used nuclear fuels===

==Nuclear reactor fuel== ...ls for the now-obsolete [[Magnox]] reactors. Cladding prevents radioactive fission fragments from escaping the fuel into the coolant and contaminating it.

...element produced by stellar fusion because the fusion of iron is the last nuclear fusion reaction that is [[exothermic]]. Iron is the most widely used metal, ...s|title = The NUBASE Evaluation of Nuclear and Decay Properties| journal = Nuclear Physics A| volume = 729| pages = 3–128| publisher = Atomic Mass Data Cent

*Cadmium is used as a barrier to control neutrons in [[nuclear fission]].<ref name="HgCdPb"/>

===Nuclear properties=== ...ium is a neutron multiplier, releasing more neutrons than it absorbs. This nuclear reaction is:

...as a result of [[nuclear fission]] and acts as a [[neutron absorber]] in [[nuclear reactor]]s.<ref name="stacey" /> ...^133mXe, and ¹³⁵Xe are some of the [[nuclear fission|fission]] products of both ²³⁵[[uranium|U]] and ²³⁹[[plutoniu