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Old Crank

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32. Cesium 137 is a product of nuclear reactions.

Reply to ninjanurse (Reply #9)

Wed Aug 20, 2025, 02:08 AM

Aug 2025

It has a half life of 30 years. Articles I have read don't give any indication of where the radiation comes from. The US did a lot of nuke testing in the pacific islands. That may or may not have released more cesium into the oceans than Fukishima.
Articles that I read had no information about the amount of radiation other than low, or extremely low, not really helpful. Especially since we can detect at smaller and smaller amounts. Same with chemical contamination.

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Fukushima ninjanurse Aug 2025 #9

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That's a new one! Lulu KC Aug 2025 #10

Sanitizing ninjanurse Aug 2025 #15

Oops angryxyouth Aug 2025 #13

Why am I not surprised? Talitha Aug 2025 #14

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Do they glow in the dark? Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Aug 2025 #18

Bring your geiger counters to the seafood aisle tinrobot Aug 2025 #21

Half life of Cesium 137 is 30 years. This stuff is f-ing deadly. nt Xipe Totec Aug 2025 #22

How "deadly" is it? Can you share some numbers connected with the number of deaths it's caused? NNadir Aug 2025 #24

It all depends on the concentration, doesn't it? Xipe Totec Aug 2025 #27

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Holy shit.... YoshidaYui Aug 2025 #25

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Looks like just the raw shrimp Bayard Aug 2025 #29

This message was self-deleted by its author Bayard Aug 2025 #30

Robert Kennedy will be feeding it to his family rpannier Aug 2025 #33

Cesium137 Javaman Aug 2025 #35

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I'm glad we already ate ours. I get irritable at having to throw away food. Seeking Serenity Aug 2025 #39