A diagram showing the isotope signatures of natural ruthenium and fission product ruthenium from U-235 which had been subjected to thermal neutrons. Note that the Mo-100 (a long lived double beta emitter) has not had time to decay to Ru-100 over the time since the reactors stopped working.

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A diagram showing the isotope signatures of natural ruthenium and fission product ruthenium from U-235 which had been subjected to thermal neutrons. Note that the Mo-100 (a long lived double beta emitter) has not had time to decay to Ru-100 over the time since the reactors stopped working.