Radioactive pollution is the presence of radioactive substances in the environment, which can cause damage to living organisms. Learn about the natural and man-made sources of radioactivity, and some examples of radioactive disasters. Radioactive pollution is defined as the contamination of the environment with anthropogenic radionuclides, which increases levels of radioactivity beyond natural background levels, adversely affecting human health and ecosystems. AI generated definition based on: Advanced Water Treatment, 2020 Radioactive pollution, like any other kind of pollution, is the release of something Unwanted into the environment and, in this case, the unwanted thing is radioactive material. Radioactive contamination , also called radiological contamination , is the deposition of, or presence of radioactive substances on surfaces or within solids, liquids or Gases (includingThe human body), where their presence is unintended or undesirable . Radioactive pollution as the name suggests radioactive, which means materials that consist of atoms that have unstable nuclei. They release energy in the form of rays and these rays are harmful to living organisms and to the environment, these are called radioactive rays.
