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> it will inevitably become survivable You're technically right. With Uranium half-life of 4.5b years and current exposure of tens of thousands roentgens per
by egorfine 2y ago
> it will inevitably become survivable
You're technically right.
With Uranium half-life of 4.5b years and current exposure of tens of thousands roentgens per hour, the roadmap to survivability extends well beyond the heat death of the universe, though.
- cowboysauce 2y agoUranium isn't the issue. A long half-life means that it's only mildly radioactive. Prior to being irradiated in a reactor, fuel rods can be manually handled safely. The majority of radiation being emitted currently is coming from fission products like Sr-90 and Cs-137 that have half-lives of decades.