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What determines which fission products are produced?

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Does the ionisation of an atom via the decay of a radioactive element result in an atom of a separate element becoming unstable or radioactive itself?

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What causes the graphite in nuclear reactor to become radioactive itself? Is it due to neutron radiation from the uranium fuel breaking apart the atoms of the graphite and causing them to become unstable?

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How many Becquerels in 1 kg of Bismuth 209?

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How, after millions of years of evolution, are humans still so susceptible to damage from the Sun?

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What determines which fission products are produced?	8
Does the ionisation of an atom via the decay of a radioactive element result in an atom of a separate element becoming unstable or radioactive itself?	5
What causes the graphite in nuclear reactor to become radioactive itself? Is it due to neutron radiation from the uranium fuel breaking apart the atoms of the graphite and causing them to become unstable?	1
How many Becquerels in 1 kg of Bismuth 209?	1
How, after millions of years of evolution, are humans still so susceptible to damage from the Sun?	1