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WestMichRad

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2. The wastes are from uranium enrichment

Reply to Old Crank (Reply #1)

Mon Aug 19, 2024, 03:52 PM

Aug 2024

… so presumably the primary radioactive wastes are isotopes of uranium. Meaning a half life of between 150,000 years and 4.5 billion years, depending on the isotope. Uranium isotopes are all alpha emitters, decaying to various isotopes of thorium.

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