Emitting alpha particles in its decay (some of its daughter products also emit betas, but there are no gammas in its decay chain), it would be harmless to hold it in a glass jar like the scientist did.
10 posted on 03/19/2010 12:39:37 AM PDT by HiTech RedNeck
(I am in America but not of America (per bible: am in the world but not of it))
11 posted on 03/19/2010 12:40:47 AM PDT by ErnstStavroBlofeld
("I have learned to use the word "impossible" with the greatest caution."-Dr.Wernher Von Braun)