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To: spel_grammer_an_punct_polise

Rule of thumb...any radioactive element is considered ‘safe’ after 5 half lives of decay.


20 posted on 04/19/2016 10:53:21 PM PDT by rottndog ('Live Free Or Die' Ain't just words on a bumber sticker...or a tagline.)
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To: rottndog

So if you started with 10 pounds of 241 Pu, after 50 years you’re good to go with the remaining 3/4 pound?


28 posted on 04/19/2016 11:49:51 PM PDT by Axenolith (Government blows, and that which governs least, blows least...)
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