• Radiation exposure
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Coal burning powerplants actually produce more radioactive waste than nuclear power plants according to research. [url]http://www.scientificamerican.com/article.cfm?id=coal-ash-is-more-radioactive-than-nuclear-waste[/url] Makes sense if you think about it. Burning the carbon leaves the minerals.
[QUOTE=sami-elite;34147239]Coal burning powerplants actually produce more radioactive waste than nuclear power plants according to research. [url]http://www.scientificamerican.com/article.cfm?id=coal-ash-is-more-radioactive-than-nuclear-waste[/url] Makes sense if you think about it. Burning the carbon leaves the minerals.[/QUOTE] So whenever I go out, I get a small headache... Is that a bad thing?
i always wondered how lead vests absorb radiation they use them in x-rays and stuff
Radiation basically kills your cells, with a large enough dose of radiation you can even (practically) instantly die.
[QUOTE=Ermac20;34147293]i always wondered how lead vests absorb radiation they use them in x-rays and stuff[/QUOTE] In short, dense material with lots of heavy nuclei
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