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>Anything that's "death soon or guaranteed cancer later" levels of energetic won't be lasting centuries because physics. I don't know which "physics" you're re
by forgotmypw17 5y ago
>Anything that's "death soon or guaranteed cancer later" levels of energetic won't be lasting centuries because physics.
I don't know which "physics" you're referring to, but here are the half-lives of just the most common isotopes (out of OVER 100) released in Chernobyl.
iodine-131:
8.04 days
caesium-137:
30 years
strontium-90:
29.12 years
plutonium-241 (decays into Americium-241):
14.4 years
Americium-241:
430 years
Remember, these are HALF-LIFE numbers, meaning half the isotopes will still be radioactive after these time intervals.
- throwaway0a5e 5y agoOk. Now do heavy metals. Having shit magically go away by itself is such a massive plus. Imagine how contaminated that part of the world would be if Chernobyl released equally dangerous (like remediation workers dying in the same amount of time) levels of thallium.
- forgotmypw17 5y agoI don't understand, what does thallium have to do with anything, in this case?