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kweks
on April 26, 2025
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Australian who ordered radioactive materials walks...
"Safe enough to swallow" seems like a scary oversimplification for alpha-emitting substances ?
atemerev
on April 26, 2025
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Depends on intensity. Microgram quantities of plutonium should be generally safe (unlike, say, microgram quantities of polonium).
Not all alpha emitters are created the same.
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