of the Cesium decay
– Barium Silicate to
Barium Feldspar. In the
HLW, Cesium appeared
in the form of gas and
oxide.
Cesium half-life decays
to stable Barium within 30.17 years. This
means
that
within
20 half-lives almost
the entire amount of
Cesium in the HLW will
make the transition to
stable Barium. We must
consider one specific
mineral that occurs in
nature as a by-product
This diagram indicates
how crystalline silicate
is formed in nature.
The decay diagram also
shows that the transi- much larger space in
tion to stable Barium is the crystalline lattice.
heavier from its parent
– this means it requires
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