Re: rαdioαctive isotopes? ><'
There are many radioactive isotopes used in industry and medicine, for example cobalt-60 is used in industrial radiography to detect defects in metals. Technetium-99m is a radioisotope used in diagnostic medicine, to pinpoint brain tumours and trace abnormalities in blood flow.
For either of them, the problems would be similar. Consider the effects that overexposure to ionising radiation could have as they release beta and/or gamma radiation. This could cause potential health problems for workers, who must work in close contact with the radioisotopes, leading to cancers and genetic mutation.
The benefits really depend on the radioisotope chosen; for example, if you choose technetium-99m, consider the benefits to medical diagnosis – it reduces the need for invasive medical procedures to detect brain tumours. This has many advantages, reducing the trauma, scarring, danger, risk of infection, etc that is associated with invasive procedures. Instead, diagnoses are made quickly and efficiently, and more lives can be saved.
Another benefit could be improving the efficiency of industrial production, with cobalt-60, which enables you to control the quality of metal parts, for example in cars.
You might want to expand on these points though & come up with more supporting examples. The question asks you to "analyse" which requires a substantial amount of detail (drawing out the implications of each benefit/problem).
