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Is this waste a radiation hazard, or not? The waste is a byproduct of fertilizer manufacturing and has nothing to do with nuclear power or weapons. For that r
by csense 6y ago
Is this waste a radiation hazard, or not?
The waste is a byproduct of fertilizer manufacturing and has nothing to do with nuclear power or weapons. For that reason, I doubt it's radioactive.
However, the article is contradictory on this point:
According to the article, Gov. DeSantis said the water "is not radioactive."
Also according to the article, the Center for Biological Diversity says "phosphogypsum is radioactive waste."
- petertodd 6y agoIt's very mildly radioactive due to trace amounts of naturally occurring uranium and thorium (and the daughter isotopes they decay into). Those elements are present because they're in seawater, and the deposits it came from ultimately came from seawater drying. The "phosphogypsum is radioactive waste" claim is hype. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phosphogypsum https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phosphogypsum