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> highly radioactive for millennia Something can be highly radioactive for a short time, moderately radioactive for a long time, or slightly radioactive for a
by simondotau 4y ago
> highly radioactive for millennia
Something can be highly radioactive for a short time, moderately radioactive for a long time, or slightly radioactive for a very long time.
If something is “radioactive for millenia” then it’s probably so mild that you could store in your underpants without I’ll effects.
- Schroedingersat 4y agohttps://www.world-nuclear.org/getmedia/cdcb8173-3843-4e4a-9d62-955e1d068bb7/activity-of-high-level-waste-from-one-tonne-of-used-fuel.png.aspx https://www.world-nuclear.org/getmedia/cdcb8173-3843-4e4a-9d... Have a little snack consisting of 1 gram of americium and 7 grams of neptunium 237, or store an equivalently active gamma emitter in your underpants.
- a1369209993 4y agoTo be fair, something can be highly radioactive for a short time, moderately radioactive for a long time, AND slightly radioactive for a very long time, assuming there are at least three different radioisotopes involved. Also, it's a exponential decay curve, so something that's slightly radioactive a very long time from now is probably still fairly dangerous right now.
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