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To: SatinDoll

That much plutonium, and he should have been dead right there.

It doesn’t take much. But then I suspect it hasn’t been studied to closely.


18 posted on 07/07/2012 11:31:27 AM PDT by redgolum ("God is dead" -- Nietzsche. "Nietzsche is dead" -- God.)
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To: redgolum

Plutonium 239 is an alpha particle emitter (helium nuclei)Your skin stops it. The major problem is breathing in plutonium dust, which affects the lungs, which tissues are sensitive to alpha particles, which can occur if you don’t follow safety procedures. Another difficulty is alpha emitters on things like cigarettes which are sucked into the lungs.


20 posted on 07/07/2012 6:05:59 PM PDT by donmeaker (Blunderbuss: A short weapon, ... now superceded in civilized countries by more advanced weaponry.)
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