For example, there is an element called americium-241 which gives off alpha radiation.

Polonium-210 emits alpha radiation, which has a very short range.

For example, alpha radiation has low penetration and is not a danger outside the body.

U235 emits alpha radiation, which is stopped in a few inches of air.

Alpha radiation levels were so high, the scientists at first thought the tests must have been botched.

"And that won't solve the problem of how to protect everyone from the alpha radiation.

In Manchester, he continued to work with alpha radiation.

Alpha radiation is a carcinogen when breathed in or eaten.

If alpha radiation should also prove an unusual source of other cell damage, it would have to be considered even more dangerous, he said.

Radon produces the much more massive and harmful alpha radiation.

Some kind of alpha radiation, maybe, or low neutron radiation?

Radioactivity readings for his face, hair and hands read 2,000 counts of alpha radiation per minute.

The cascade burst appears to be the source of the dangerous alpha radiation."

"Can you adjust shields to block the alpha radiation?"

It is possible that the alpha radiation on the nitrogen in the air causes this luminescence.

Alpha radiation is used in static eliminators and smoke detectors.

Xofigo uses alpha radiation from radium-223 decay to kill cancer cells.

Ironically, Lyman alpha radiation is easy to detect in distant objects.

And so, the reasoning went, alpha radiation could not hurt you as long as the source stayed outside your body.

If the terrorist can solve that problem, then alpha radiation is the most devastating choice he can make.

It is more ionizing than alpha radiation, but less than gamma.

Avoiding direct exposure with fallout particles will prevent injury from alpha radiation.

The upward arc of alpha radiation poisoning was erratic but unmistakable.

The isotopes give off long-lasting alpha radiation and the waste will remain dangerous for 3000 years or more.

Their anger is justified and is rising at the moment, because even low levels of alpha radiation can have a severe effect on children.