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Symbol Element Radiation Half-Life Decay Product
U-238 Uranium-238 alpha 4,460,000,000 years Th-234
Th-234 Thorium-234 beta 24.1 days Pa-234
Pa-234 Protactinium-234 beta 1.17 minutes U-234
U-234 Uranium-234 alpha 247,000 years Th-230
Th-230 Thorium-230 alpha 80,000 years Ra-226
Ra-226 Radium-226 alpha 1,602 years Rn-222
Rn-222 Radon-222 alpha 3.82 days Po-218
Po-218 Polonium-218 alpha 3.05 minutes Pb-214
Pb-214 Lead-214 beta 27 minutes Bi-214
Bi-214 Bismuth-214 beta 19.7 minutes Po-214
Po-214 Polonium-214 alpha 1 microsecond Pb-210
Pb-210 Lead-210 beta 22.3 years Bi-210
Bi-210 Bismuth-210 beta 5.01 days Po-210
Po-210 Polonium-210 alpha 138.4 days Pb-206
Pb-206 Lead-206 none stable (none)


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Revised: March 2000

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