write a note on radiation pollution in 150 words
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Radioactive pollution occurs when there is a presence or depositions of radioactive materials in the atmosphere or environment, especially where their presence is accidental and when it presents an environmental threat due to radioactive decay.
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Radiation can be defined as the transmission of energy from a body in the form of waves or particles. This can encompass anything from dangerous radiation created by a nuclear power plant to the harmless light created by a flashlight.
In alpha decay, the atom changes its energy by spitting out two neutrons and two protons, which happens to be the nucleus of a helium atom. In beta decay, the atom spits out either an electron or a positron, which is the antimatter counterpart to an electron. In gamma decay, unlike the other two, the atom does not actually remove a piece of itself. Instead, the atom tries to change its energy by rearranging the neutrons and protons in its nucleus. As a side effect of this, it releases an extremely high energy photon called a gamma wave.