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> "Plutonium-239 has a half-life of 24110 years" Great, that means it is not very radioactive, and an alpha emitter, so unless you ingest it is not particularl

> "Plutonium-239 has a half-life of 24110 years" Great, that means it is not very radioactive, and an alpha emitter, so unless you ingest it is not particularly harmful. > societies have proven irresponsible with fuel life-cycle management Do you have evidence that the spent nuclear fuel from power stations has killed people?

Joel_Mckay 2mo ago
>Do you have evidence that the spent nuclear fuel from power stations has killed people? Did you mean intentional Polonium 210 exposure from decay chains, medical mistakes, or unintentional worker exposure to hot garbage. I could have a look for you, but Google should already give several reasonable results to keep one entertained. =3
- chickenbig 2mo ago
  > intentional Polonium 210 from decay chains What do you mean "decay chains"? Po-210 decays to Pb-206 which is stable. So you mean Po-210 decay. Let's shut down the chemical industry because someone attempted to poison The Skripals. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Poisoning_of_Sergei_and_Yulia_Skripal https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Poisoning_of_Sergei_and_Yulia_... . > medical mistakes Spent nuclear fuel is generally not used for medical isotopes. They specially prepare samples for irradiation to not have to use reprocessing, e.g. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cobalt-60#Production https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cobalt-60#Production . > I could have a look for you It would be illuminating to see what you find reasonable.
  - Joel_Mckay 2mo ago
    1. Uranium miners have high risk of lung cancer due to radon gas and decay products. https://www.cnsc-ccsn.gc.ca/eng/resources/research/canadian-uranium-worker-study/ https://www.cnsc-ccsn.gc.ca/eng/resources/research/canadian-... 2. Workers exposed to alpha-emitting materials like plutonium/uranium show increased risk of lung cancer https://www.ovid.com/jnls/epidem/fulltext/10.1097/ede.0000000000000684~risk-of-lung-cancer-mortality-in-nuclear-workers-from https://www.ovid.com/jnls/epidem/fulltext/10.1097/ede.000000... 3. Plant operators within heavily regulated work areas are usually unaffected, and show an odd statistical wellness anomaly inconsistent with control groups. However, if one includes accidents/events with collateral impact: https://www.cnsc-ccsn.gc.ca/eng/resources/health/health-effects-chornobyl-accident/ https://www.cnsc-ccsn.gc.ca/eng/resources/health/health-effe... https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_military_nuclear_accidents https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_military_nuclear_accid... https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nuclear_and_radiation_accidents_and_incidents https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nuclear_and_radiation_accident... 4. Waste management incidents are difficult to quantify over 30000 year time scales. However, the industry has failed to even maintain containment for 30 years at some sites. https://web.archive.org/web/20141129021716/http://www.katu.com/news/local/Washington-to-sue-over-nuclear-sites-tank-vapors--283276831.html https://web.archive.org/web/20141129021716/http://www.katu.c... >It would be illuminating to see what you find reasonable. Cheap distributed sustainable infrastructure more robust against conflicts/regulatory-capture/arms-proliferation, and leave a light footprint for those yet to live here. Good luck, =3

Joel_Mckay 2mo ago

>Do you have evidence that the spent nuclear fuel from power stations has killed people? Did you mean intentional Polonium 210 exposure from decay chains, medical mistakes, or unintentional worker exposure to hot garbage. I could have a look for you, but Google should already give several reasonable results to keep one entertained. =3

chickenbig 2mo ago
> intentional Polonium 210 from decay chains What do you mean "decay chains"? Po-210 decays to Pb-206 which is stable. So you mean Po-210 decay. Let's shut down the chemical industry because someone attempted to poison The Skripals. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Poisoning_of_Sergei_and_Yulia_Skripal https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Poisoning_of_Sergei_and_Yulia_... . > medical mistakes Spent nuclear fuel is generally not used for medical isotopes. They specially prepare samples for irradiation to not have to use reprocessing, e.g. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cobalt-60#Production https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cobalt-60#Production . > I could have a look for you It would be illuminating to see what you find reasonable.
- Joel_Mckay 2mo ago
  1. Uranium miners have high risk of lung cancer due to radon gas and decay products. https://www.cnsc-ccsn.gc.ca/eng/resources/research/canadian-uranium-worker-study/ https://www.cnsc-ccsn.gc.ca/eng/resources/research/canadian-... 2. Workers exposed to alpha-emitting materials like plutonium/uranium show increased risk of lung cancer https://www.ovid.com/jnls/epidem/fulltext/10.1097/ede.0000000000000684~risk-of-lung-cancer-mortality-in-nuclear-workers-from https://www.ovid.com/jnls/epidem/fulltext/10.1097/ede.000000... 3. Plant operators within heavily regulated work areas are usually unaffected, and show an odd statistical wellness anomaly inconsistent with control groups. However, if one includes accidents/events with collateral impact: https://www.cnsc-ccsn.gc.ca/eng/resources/health/health-effects-chornobyl-accident/ https://www.cnsc-ccsn.gc.ca/eng/resources/health/health-effe... https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_military_nuclear_accidents https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_military_nuclear_accid... https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nuclear_and_radiation_accidents_and_incidents https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nuclear_and_radiation_accident... 4. Waste management incidents are difficult to quantify over 30000 year time scales. However, the industry has failed to even maintain containment for 30 years at some sites. https://web.archive.org/web/20141129021716/http://www.katu.com/news/local/Washington-to-sue-over-nuclear-sites-tank-vapors--283276831.html https://web.archive.org/web/20141129021716/http://www.katu.c... >It would be illuminating to see what you find reasonable. Cheap distributed sustainable infrastructure more robust against conflicts/regulatory-capture/arms-proliferation, and leave a light footprint for those yet to live here. Good luck, =3