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The legislation doesn't include americium, and even if it did‚ I presume it will be imported under license. https://www.legislation.gov.au/C2004A03417/latest/t
by eesmith 1y ago
The legislation doesn't include americium, and even if it did‚ I presume it will be imported under license.
https://www.legislation.gov.au/C2004A03417/latest/text https://www.legislation.gov.au/C2004A03417/latest/text says "Nuclear material means any source or any special fissionable material as defined in Article XX of the Statute." and Article XX only mentions uranium, plutonium, and thorium.
In any case, high-schooler David Hahn showed us what's possible with a bunch of smoke detectors, camping lantern mantels, and the like. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Hahn https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Hahn His lab became a Superfund site.
- IsTom 1y agoIn this kind of amounts it follows that import of coal should require this kind of license because of thorium content.
- eesmith 1y agoI believe that is addressed in the sentence after the one I quoted. "Nuclear material means any source or any special fissionable material as defined in Article XX of the Statute. The term source material shall not be interpreted as applying to ore or ore residue."
- duskwuff 1y agoFine, then TIG welding rods (some of which intentionally contain thorium).
- nandomrumber 1y agoNitpick: TIG welding electrodes.
- eesmith 1y agoquoting me: "I presume it will be imported under license."