Originally published at: https://boingboing.net/2020/09/02/just-look-at-this-not-very-r.html
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I get the point. But a thought struck my funny bone:
Nuclear reactors: beyond the general radioactivity of the core, the unburned ones you buy at the store generally do do not have much higher than environmental radiation.
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I’m glad he addressed that K40 doesnt persist in the body. Because the human body regulates potassium in the, the “banana-scale” sometimes used for off the cuff radiation dose comparisons is deeply flawed. Excess potassium is rapidly whisked out of the system yielding an undetectable effect on the body cells.
Even still, I’ll take care not to eat banana peels
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You’ll definitely wanna avoid the store brand reactors, then.
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If you eat it you gain the powers of a banana!
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How about smoking them?
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Can we please clarify that burning things doesn’t affect how radioactive they are?
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I think he burned the material so as to eliminate the water which was shielding the radiation.
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Just [don’t] look [directly] at it!
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Critical mass - trident delivery system.
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