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You don't have to protect lead from terrorists trying to build a dirty bomb. The radio nuclides you find in nuclear waste are also a lot more poisonous than lea
by adrianN 2y ago
You don't have to protect lead from terrorists trying to build a dirty bomb. The radio nuclides you find in nuclear waste are also a lot more poisonous than lead, even if you ignore the radiation.
- littlestymaar 2y agoYou can build a dirty bomb from the activated wastes of a fusion plant though so the original point stand still. Also, there are many things much more poisonous than radionuclide you can use to make terror weapons that are easy to get (take ricin, for instance)
- chickenbig 2y ago> there are many things much more poisonous than radionuclide you can use to make terror weapons I guess that the effectiveness of terror weapons has nothing to do with how many people are directly harmed. > You can build a dirty bomb from the activated wastes of a fusion plant though so the original point stand still. Even simpler would be to find a radioactive source (medical, irradiation, industrial radiography). Small quantities, in a portable package, but geiger detectors would definitely be able to detect the fallout.
- adrianN 2y agoThat is of course true, but I don’t think fusion will ever be economical.