12 May
2003
12 May
'03
10:16 a.m.
--- chris <cb(a)mythtech.net> wrote:
Knowing NOTHING about radioactive material (other than
its amazing what
simple items will set off my fire department's old geiger counter)...
Peanut Butter. Seriously. Cigarette Smoke, too (Polonium, IIRC).
would an explosion really pose a health hazard? Are we
talking about
enough of a quantity to cause an issue (I don't know how deadly it is, so
I don't know what kind of an airborn PPM is needed to be a problem).
ISTR a fatal dose of inhaled plutonium is 50 mcg. Considering there
are kgs of PU238 in an RTG, that's a lot of doses. It's just a matter
of how close you are to the plume.
-ethan
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