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GM7HUD > ENERGY 27.05.05 00:25l 24 Lines 677 Bytes #999 (0) @ WW
BID : DF2416GM7HUD
Read: GUEST OE7FMI
Subj: Re: Re^2: Hydrogen, DF3VI.
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DF3VI wrote:-
> of about 5% of U239, and 95% normal uranium (U235)
I think you are confusing U238 with Pu239, but the relative quantities
of 4% to 5% is right for fuel rod enrichment levels.
> and it has larger, longer persistent
> radiation.
Hmmm....
Element Half-life
Uranium 235 4.5 billion years
Plutonium 239 24000 years
The decay is faster for Pu so the rate of emission is higher but the
radiation is gone very much quicker. Uranium is so pathetically radioactive
that you could make your underpants from it with little observable effect.
Other than they'd be heavy and uncomfortable and you'd need very strong
elastic to hold them up :-)
73 de Andy GM7HUD
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