[China Clipper]

This is looking more and more exactly like the beginning of the novel 'Alas, Babylon!'

GREAT novel.. I think I have read it 10 times or more.....

The only topic I didn't understand was how the author insisted that the metal in stolen watches, jewelry etc (gold, silver) would continue to be radioactive. I never understood how THAT occurred....
Anyone?

[Red Badger]

I think it can happen if the metal is exposed to intense radiation and that energy causes some atoms of the metal to become temporary isotopes.......

[Red Badger]

I think it can happen if the metal is exposed to intense radiation and that energy causes some atoms of the metal to become temporary isotopes.......

http://wiki.answers.com/Q/Can_metals_become_radioactive_by_exposure_to_radioactive_waves&view=classic