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Notes:

241-Americium with a Beryllium moderator is probably used as a source for epithermal neutrons.

3-H Tritium is a beta emitter, and was in the radioactive methane flared after Operation Gasbuggy.

60-Cobalt and 137-Cesium are positron/gamma emitters.

It is counter-intuitive why one would use 238-U “depleted Uranium” sinker bars anywhere near a neutron source, since epithermal neutrons turn 238-U into 239-Pu.

Arrays of radionucleotides are released in accidents like Chernobyl, Fukushima, and Three Mile Island.

Of all radioisotopes, elements and chemicals, 239-Pu is probably the most toxic and carcinogenic.