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NNadir

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2. There is no reason at all to bury any radionuclides in my view.

Reply to lapfog_1 (Reply #1)

Tue Sep 12, 2023, 09:42 PM

Sep 2023

They are all valuable, precisely because they are radioactive.

Were we to do so, and "forget where we buried it," it would be of very low consequence.

As for radium, the planet has always existed with "buried" radium, largely radium-226, which is secular equilibrium with uranium, and has been so for billions of years, since the formation of this planet. Radium-224 is formed in the decay series of thorium, but the concentration is very low, precluding isolation.

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I'll wait for DU4 to discuss this paper. [View all] NNadir Sep 2023 OP

hopefully we don't get stupid and bury it lapfog_1 Sep 2023 #1

There is no reason at all to bury any radionuclides in my view. NNadir Sep 2023 #2

well, all I was asking was "is there a problem with burying it?" lapfog_1 Sep 2023 #3

And I was saying yes, there is a problem with burying it. NNadir Sep 2023 #4