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Right, but to my understanding water can't become radioactive. It can contain radioactive things, but H2O doesn't turn radioactive. So I'm wondering why the sno
by sliverstorm 13y ago
Right, but to my understanding water can't become radioactive. It can contain radioactive things, but H2O doesn't turn radioactive. So I'm wondering why the snow was radioactive.
- moocowduckquack 13y agoIt may have nucleated around radioactive particles in the plume.
- awakeasleep 13y agoWe're all aware that seems feasible to a non-expert. Right now we're looking for someone who knows how to calculate possible radiation levels of snow.
- moocowduckquack 13y agohere ya go - "Tracking Radioactive Fallout from the Fukushima Dai-ichi Accident in Arctic Snow" http://adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2011AGUFM.C33A0632O http://adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2011AGUFM.C33A0632O