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Back of the envelope I estimate if the world economy were fission powered the rate of I-129 production would be six orders of magnitude higher than the natural
by pfdietz 2y ago
Back of the envelope I estimate if the world economy were fission powered the rate of I-129 production would be six orders of magnitude higher than the natural rate. The power from U-238 spontaneous fission in the entire earth is maybe 20 MW.