Talk:Radionuclide

message: I moved this page and changed the word radioisotope to radionuclide to fix the minor nomenclature oversight. an isotope must be of a specific atom. The statement, 'Which isotope is that?' can only be used when the atom has been established. In contrast, "Which nuclide is that?" can be used when the atom is unknown, i.e. when you find something radioactive and you want to know which radionuclide it is. Pdbailey 17:24, 6 Nov 2004 (UTC)
replies: text: Good catch. Andrew 04:33, Nov 9, 2004 (UTC)
The article is good the way it is!!
dont change it.  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 124.149.38.253 (talk) 10:15, 9 December 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  radioisotope / radionuclide 

message: Shouldn't most of the uses section be moved out to radioactive tracer? I'm not really qualified to say for sure, or else I would do it myself, but that article is certainly lacking much of what is in here. Also the more general article Isotopic tracer seems to be a bit orphaned too. - Taxman Talk 21:03, August 1, 2005 (UTC)
Additional suggestion: Revise the sentence, "Unplanned exposure to radionuclides generally has a harmful effect on living organisms including humans, although low levels of exposure occur naturally without harm."  So a planned exposure is expected to be harmless?  I suspect the author meant something else by "unplanned," but I'm not sure what.  Maybe "unprotected?" PerryTrenton (talk) 02:35, 21 October 2023 (UTC)
thread_title: Suggestion

message: <<When radioactive carbon, for example, is in the atmosphere, it rapidly becomes separated from its decay products. Once it is bound up in a solid, such as wood or paper, its decay products must remain in place. So by measuring how much of these decay products has accumulated, one can estimate the time when the carbon was captured into solid form.>> 
Please, can you provide a reference for this statement? 150.135.161.120 00:46, 22 June 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: Reference needed to refer to in a report 

message: An article on at the BBC, "A Return to the Orangey World" says that radioisotope antennas may be used to power future lander missions. How?
75.72.58.56 17:02, 22 July 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: Using radioisotope thermoelectric generator (RTG) technology as the primary heat (1 kW total) and power source for the robotic vehicle. Radioisotope heater unit (RHU) milli-watt power systems (120 mW total) can also be employed to power mini-radiowave ransceivers. Do a web search or put teh question to the wiki help desk for more info. Jclerman 19:04, 22 July 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Question: 

message: This page gives an external link to:
    Pocket Rad  - A source for radioactive isotopes
However, unless I am mistaken this is a unrelated parody website.  Can some one confirm this and then remove the spurious link?  Thanks.
--Owlcatowl (talk) 16:51, 4 March 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  False Reference (?) 

message: "Radionuclides can also cause malfunction of electrical devices such as the one you are now using."
Hmmm... exactly how do they do this? References?  Rb88guy (talk) 03:24, 6 January 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  Another question 

message: After the reactor meltdowns in Japan last week, my newspaper has claimed several times that "Some 400 radioactive isotopes can be released in a full-scale nuclear meltdown". Can someone explain what this number is based on? Dirac66 (talk) 13:52, 25 March 2011 (UTC)
replies: text: It's based on politics. It's a scary and meaningless number. Andrewa (talk) 20:29, 30 April 2019 (UTC)
thread_title:  How many radionuclides after a nuclear meltdown? 

message: Hello fellow Wikipedians,
I have just modified 2 external links on Radionuclide. Please take a moment to review my edit. If you have any questions, or need the bot to ignore the links, or the page altogether, please visit this simple FaQ for additional information. I made the following changes:
*Added archive https://web.archive.org/web/20101112082137/http://www.world-nuclear.org/info/inf57.html to http://www.world-nuclear.org/info/inf57.html
*Added archive https://web.archive.org/web/20110318173013/http://www.doh.wa.gov/ehp/rp/factsheets/factsheets-htm/fs23am241.htm to http://www.doh.wa.gov/ehp/rp/factsheets/factsheets-htm/fs23am241.htm
When you have finished reviewing my changes, you may follow the instructions on the template below to fix any issues with the URLs.
Cheers.—InternetArchiveBot (Report bug) 22:41, 22 December 2017 (UTC)
thread_title:  External links modified 

message: I've created redirects here from  and  to anchors (hopefully sections here one day, hence the leading capitals on the anchor names) on these important classes of radionuclide.
These anchors do not yet exist, nor does any section where I could put them, but I could find no better target for them at present. Meantime The redirects will at least take readers to this article. Andrewa (talk) 20:37, 30 April 2019 (UTC)
thread_title:  New redirects 

message: An editor has identified a potential problem with the redirect :Radioactive material and has thus listed it for discussion. This discussion will occur at Wikipedia:Redirects for discussion/Log/2022 April 28#Radioactive material until a consensus is reached, and readers of this page are welcome to contribute to the discussion.  Oiyarbepsy (talk) 05:12, 28 April 2022 (UTC)
thread_title:  "Radioactive material" listed at [[Wikipedia:Redirects for discussion|Redirects for discussion]] 

message: Both  and  currently redirect here, but neither term is currently mentioned anywhere in the article.
As these are the standard terms for these two types of radionuclide, and the difference is important, I think we should do better than that. Andrewa (talk) 05:01, 7 February 2023 (UTC)
thread_title:  Proton and neutron deficiency