radioactive decay
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The nonrenewable gas is produced by radioactive decay deep under the earth and escapes into space once released.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 31, 2026
One of the best known is radioactive decay: a process where due to quantum effects, elementary particles can escape the attractive force that ties them to atomic nuclei.
From Science Daily • Apr. 26, 2024
Helium is a byproduct of natural gas extraction, and it also occurs naturally from radioactive decay in the Earth’s crust.
From Seattle Times • Feb. 2, 2024
The breakthrough came when a method, which measures radioactive decay, dated the fossils to 564 million years ago, plus or minus 700,000 years.
From BBC • Jan. 21, 2024
Instead, Voyager relies on a small nuclear power plant, drawing hundreds of watts from the radioactive decay of a pellet of plutonium.
From "Cosmos" by Carl Sagan
