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I'm wondering how contaminated are raw materials on planets without a solid magnetosphere. Could it be that most of the water out there is too radio-active for
by some1else 10y ago
I'm wondering how contaminated are raw materials on planets without a solid magnetosphere. Could it be that most of the water out there is too radio-active for consumption?
- dreistdreist 10y agoThings get contaminated by radioactive material, not by radiation exposure [0]. And of course obligatory xkcd [1]. [0] https://www.mirion.com/introduction-to-radiation-safety/radiation-vs-contamination/ https://www.mirion.com/introduction-to-radiation-safety/radi... [1] https://what-if.xkcd.com/29/ https://what-if.xkcd.com/29/
- Roboprog 10y agoSo, your biggest problem in a reactor cooling pool is "lead poisoning", eh? :-) Anyway, worth pointing out that cosmic rays are little groups of neutrons (and adjoining protons). I don't know about the half life of the resulting products, though, or how often a heavy nucleus collides with another nucleus, vs simply bashing through electron bonds.