my radioactive collection - vid 1 of 3 - URANIUM

[Rannyfash]

i love you :)

[The7thCircuit]

how do people claim to be knowledgeable about this sort of thing and then handle all this stuff with NO PROTECTION

youtube teaching people how to kill themselves slowly

[seanp1129]

@The7thCircuit because it's PERFECTLY SAFE to handle. You come in contact with more radiation on a flight for a few hours. Ignorant people..

[stefaan10111992]

what's actually the difference between a survey meter and a geiger counter?

[camden199]

isnt this harmful to ur health?

[steveo1274]

If uranium is radio active how can she handle this stuff like its just a rock?

[frostedlambs]

hi have you ever had radiation burns?

[bionerd23]

@frostedlambs

yes, i had. many, many sunburns. ouch. goddamn that evil large fusion reactor up there.

[jonevans331]

Is it legal to have this much radioactive material in personal possetion?

[caddotservices]

Amazing, and the uranium ore is quite good too ;)

[ap2pat]

LOL WTF this person is being microwaved like all day...

sorry to say it but that CANNOT be ok just chilling around completely exposed radioactive substances.

[burn19ballz]

@ap2pat eh it's not bad i work around I-125 every day (iodine-125)it's sealed in lead bottles but it's still to work around something that could actually make you very sick or kill you make being a janitor pretty interesting.

[ottawork]

Ok now I'm scared tactical nuke incoming

[cuda1973]

I know this may be a stupid question to you but i am just starting to learn about this kind of thing. Is strontium 90 used in reactors. Its a waste product of nuclear bombs so i wouldn't think so.

[bionerd23]

@cuda1973

it is a BYPRODUCT of nuclear fission. uranium is used in reactors; the uranium atoms fission (split) into smaller, lighter atoms, for example Cs-137, Sr-90, I-131, Mo-99... the uranium atom splits into two smaller atoms, and 2-3 neutrons are released during the fission, too. that's how e.g. Strontium-90 is produced. it's not "used" in the reactor to gain energy, it's a byproduct of harvesting energy from uranium fission.

[soylentgreenb]

@cuda1973 Very heavy elements known as actinides can be split(fission) quite easily. Fission splits an atom unevenly into two fragments, fission products, one larger(e.g. Cs-137, I-131...) and one smaller(e.g. Strontium-90, Tc-99...).

Heavy elements require more neutrons per proton to be stable, so fission products start life with too many neutrons. They get rid of neutrons by undergoing beta decay, sometimes with associated gamma rays.

[xaralabosful]

what happend if you touch it?

[jack342able]

@xaralabosful dude he will die of radiation! even standing 1 miles from liquid uranium or other radioactive will kill you! so if ure gonna buy somthing like that make sure to take big care and security of it and if ure adult and have kids ure gonna take EXTRA care and supervision

[xaralabosful]

@jack342able but you touch it at 1:21

[BringMeTheApfelsaft]

u got already cancer with that stuff in your room? i think its not very healthy

[TSorovanMHael]

The uranite/pichblende sample you have is giving of a hell of a lot of gamma rays! The acrylic ought to block alphas and betas. That's probably why Becquerel didn't have any trouble exposing film with the stuff.

[bionerd23]

@TSorovanMHael

yeah, i didnt have any trouble exposing film, either! :D

watch?v=Tzq2EFb05ug

watch?v=ZzQPw3y1l0Y

[cuda1973]

@bionerd23 so, and I know this is kind of topic, how come its bad for the environment to put nuclear waste out in the middle of the woods when uranium and other radioactive elements naturally form. Is it because of other elements in the waste.

[bionerd23]

@cuda1973

in nature, uranium is bound to rocks, and largely occurs underground. purifying the uranium and spreading it out again in a small area is likely to cause damage, especially to mammals.

but, uranium has very long half-lives, too - if you use uranium in a reactor, you will transform the elements into ones with much shorter half lives, so they produce a much greater dose of radioactivity in a given time.

[bionerd23]

also, if you set aside the radioactivity, plutonium - for example - is the most TOXIC element known to mankind. so, yeah - bringing uranium etc. to the surface, concentrating it, and converting it into short-lived or even highly toxic elements, or such elements that enter the metabolism of mammals (caesium isotopes, strontium isotopes) and then just dumping it "in the woods" is bound to do damage to an ecosystem.

[Azaakiel20]

What are you guys doing with the radioactive materials??

[MrJCBright]

Check your larynx. You have a cancerous voice!

[MrJCBright]

Check your larynx. You have a cancerous voice!

[dachshundfan]

you might get cancer from that uranium

[000121m]

Hi, I found a large piece of slate which has a few very feint green lines along the cracks, it doesn't look normal, the slate is dry. Could it be uranium?

Can you even find uranium in slate?

(I'm from the uk btw)

[bionerd23]

@000121m

hmm, not sure if uranium can be found in slate; it usually seems to be associated with granite. i guess a radiation detector would be the simplest way to find out; you can build a cheap one from household material for 5 bucks, i made a video about it if you're interested; you'll find it on my channel page.

[modgemtb]

@000121m you can get polonium from the granite decay chain

[ShyRobot]

Is it safe to be handling uranium that close?

[TheRyanmoff]

2:14 ITS TIBERIUM RUN FOR YOUR LIFE AHHHHHHHHHHHHH

[MrNieft]

One Question are u stupid?

[MrDroopdog1]

@MrNieft are you stupid?

[Robertsonsd]

Nice collection!

....unfortunately your children are going to be mutants.

[BRRXSRT8]

what amazing collection !!

but what about radiation ?? is Supposed to be an radioactive element ??

isn't dangerous ?? how could u keep them without being in danger ??

[gamerfourm217]

Hi, I'm only 12, but I love science. Would you have any information for studying and aquiring elements like these? Just for intuition on the subject.

[geigerscounters23]

@gamerfourm217

get a geiger counter and go on united nuclear dot com

[geigerscounters23]

@gamerfourm217

get a geiger counter and go on a website called united uclear dot com and youll get some.

oh BTW why do you need these elements anyway? your 12 years old buddy:)

[Bonsay3]

you don't put radioactive rock in special box ? i'm put my radioactive minerals in a special box.

[MrShaun1578]

arent you concerned for your heath what about radiation poisoning shouldnt that stuff be in lead container i personally wouldnt want to be around that stuff

[KarbineKyle]

WOW! Beautiful Mini-Museum! I just bought a beautiful piece of Torbernite. The crystals are on one side. With my Terra-P, I get a reading over 200µSv/hr. It's quite radioactive for Torbernite. I also got a large piece of Thorite, and it's quite radioactive, but not as much as the Torbernite. Size doesn't always matter. It's the quality. You have an AMAZING collection! You should see how much radon you can collect from them all, like the activated charcoal demonstration! Just a thought... ;-)

[JeremyB796]

how long can you mess with those before you get radiation poisoning?

[m4ssee]

How dont you get ill from all those radioactive things?

[brenck]

LMFAO!!!!! drewisanerd made the best comment I've seen so far in youtube!!!

[andyroma72]

MA QUESTA è SCEMA?

[zetkaoo]

very nice collection! also very pretty with the UV lights on :)

btw: where did you buy the bigger glass/plastic display containers? ( like the uranium ore is in in the beginning of the vid )

[bionerd23]

@zetkaoo

they're car and train model display cases, so i got them at a hobbyist shop. :)

[timothy20994]

how can you not have cancer?

[cassiavc]

Well, I have the same question that the Pakistan guy had. I would use the same text, but changing the country. I live in Brazil. And it is hard to find someone who sent those products to my country. Do you know where can I get radioactive ores?

[IrradiatedGamer]

........i love you lol

[192asso]

cancer,cancer,cancer.....!

[funfamily07]

if its radioactive which is deadly why do you have it????????

[MrMegachecoman]

Hello I need some insight on things. If Uranium turns into Radon how do you manage to keep it out if you don't have it in a container?

[bionerd23]

@MrMegachecoman

you cant. you need a container.

[TheKatara1999]

прибор просто визжал, зачепм вам нужны эти радиоактивные камни??? о_О

[drewisanerd]

Greetings, can you tell me where I can get a supplier of Uo2 uranium ore? Thanks. I live in Pakistan, and nobody ships these things around where I live for some reason.

[bionerd23]

@drewisanerd

sorry, i dont know anybody that ships to pakistan, either... i'm only familiar with stuff inside the european union as well as the USA... have you tried finding maps of background radiation for your country? this might indicate if you could find uranium in mines and quarries (e.g. for granite) near you...

[imzeinternet]

@drewisanerd SCREW YOU TERRORIST GO TAKE A SHIT AND EAT IT!!!!!!

[2976847]

@drewisanerd hahaha good one :D

[madjimms]

@drewisanerd You're trying to find Uranium ore & you live in Pakistan? Don't know if that sits well with me...

[djmx82]

@madjimms you realize pakistan has had an arsenal of over a few dozen nuclear missiles for over 30 years thanks to the trusty us gov (us supports overthrow of democratic leader Z.A. Bhutto for wanting them and gives em to dictator gen zialhuq)

[FreeFireGaming]

@drewisanerd I can think of a few reasons lol.

[HaydenHatTrick]

ok, obviously you know something I don't about safety around radioactive things.... I understand that a low dosage of radiation is fine, if not natural anyway.... but how come you touch these samples when they show to produce a lot of radiation? I don't know much about safety regarding radiation. could you fill me in?

[bionerd23]

@HaydenHatTrick

it's quite simple - despite being quite a "lot" above background, this is not really a lot of radiation in terms of being dangerous. like, not AT ALL. we're reading some hundred MICROSIEVERT here. 1000 microsievert are 1 milisievert, 1 milisievert is one sievert (Sv). for example, a dental x-ray head emits about 10 Sv/h (!!!). that's why taking a simple x-ray of your teeth only takes a tenth of a second or less. you'd be sick after 30 minutes of exposure.

[bionerd23]

@bionerd23

(that is, 10 Sv/h in 1 meter distance, you'd need it as a full body dose to be sick, anyway. with the inverse square law (see wikipedia) in consideration, the actual full body dose from e.g. uranium ore is incredibly minor, though the hands get a bit more - but hands are very resistant to radiation, unlike organs, especially the brain.

[HaydenHatTrick]

@bionerd23 cool thanks

[Tilmeez100]

Hi!

Where i get uranium in Pakistan.

[ac1100202]

do you want to die or something!

jeez you could get cancer from that ;O

[MeskovicZ]

@ac1100202

Who wants to live forever anyway ???

[WindowsPCVideos]

isn't it deadly to touch it? (BTW I am only 12 so I am still learning :3)

[MikaelMovieMaker]

You are goyng to die ...get rid of them

[6534139]

☢

[Radioactive897]

Bionerd23 a REALLLY need your help,

im going to Cornall in a few days and ive researched that uraninite can be found in granite lying on the beach. Is it woth attempting search with a geiger counter? Were do you get your ores from?

[bionerd23]

@Radioactive897

i dont know the geographics in cornwall, but if you've done research, as you said - sure, i'd always give it a try! in fact, i'd always take my geiger counter / dosimeter when going to such locations.

most of my ore is from germany; i found a major quantity of what is in my posession in saxony. check out my "finding uranium in nature" videos for more details.

[mucofresh]

no that's not true she is not really effected by it because its minor radiation and if she did have all this dangerous stuff do you think she would really have it she isn't stupid

[bearou]

You were right the first time - it is fluorescence. Luminescence is when the glow persists even after the UV (or light) is switched off, like modern alarm clocks. Phosphorescence is when a chemical reaction is producing the light, even with no illumination beforehand. Best regards! George.

[KarbineKyle]

5/5!! Beautiful Collection! I have a collection similar to that, just not as big of collection as that! A lot of the Uranium ores contain Thorium, since U-238 decays by Alpha into Th-234, which decays by Beta(-). The small amounts of U-235 decay be Alpha too, Th-231. So, there are so many decay chains, and some transmutations, from free protons and neutrons, so there are small amounts of Neptunium for example as well, and these mainly decay by Alpha and Beta to others, like Radium and Polonium.

[bionerd23]

there are even one or two ;) plutonium atoms in uranium ore, most likely. uranium sometimes spontaneously fissions, releasing neutrons... which may hit other uranium 238 atoms, and thus, produce a little plutonium atom. =)

[Radioactive897]

Dear Bionerd23,

I would really like to buy some uranium in Britain. Where can i get some?

[dinojack3]

where do you buy all that stuff

[thenoobassassin]

Hey, what does the measurement (m Sv) represent? I believe its milirems and if so what is a usual annual dose of milirems in germany?

[bionerd23]

mSv is milisievert. my dosimeter shows uSv/h (microsievert per hour) though.

1 sievert equals to 100 rem.

the typical dose is about 1.5 mSv/a in germany as far as i know - it varies greatly, though. most parts in northern germany have about 0.15 uSv/h background radiation, while it can easily be TWICE that if you live in certain parts of saxony or bavaria, for example.

[thenoobassassin]

Thanks for the clarification, I know your dosimeter shows micro, the highest reading I get is about 2.70 uSv/h and thats off some green antique insulators. The backround radiation where I live in Ohio is about .09 uSv/h. Idk if I should purchase some uranium ore I still got some research to do on the subject on radioactivity. Very interesting topic however, thanks keep up the vids.

[bionerd23]

i think uranium ore is always a good thing to have, so go for it! :)

what are the green insulators made of, do you know?

by the way, gravestones are often radioactive as they're made out of granite - and granite likes to occur with uranium. the american youtube user AScannerClearly nicely explained this in one of his videos; it's pretty cool how many "household items" you can find that are radioactive.

[thenoobassassin]

Idk what the insulators are made of, I speculate uranium but i don't get a reading of gamma only beta. I also have some green antigue glassware that also gives off the same amount of beta decay. But im still scaning my house with my Terra-

[xxbeastlyxx10]

I saw your radiation measurer

It said about 250 mrem Isn't the dose for a normal person per year about 600 mrem. Isn't it unsafe to have that much amount of radioactive material out all at once?

I know that the dose is fractionated over time.

[bionerd23]

well, all i know is that in germany, the limit - and that is a full body dose - of 20 milisievert applies. in this video, you can see X microsieverts per hour, mainly as a dose on the hands... so i'm far away from that annual dose. :)

[bluenail90]

Does uranium have a constant 'static' charge?

[bionerd23]

sorry, i'm not sure what you mean by that, could you explain?

[BioHazardous235]

Have fun with cancer lol id have those bagged up and inside glas display instead of touching them

[fava1300]

do u own some type of plutonium?

[hekk345]

dude i have that but keep it contaned or you will get cancer

[infoseeker228]

umm....i wouldn't stand too close to that if i were you there is nothing between you and the uranium to stop the radioactive

rays.

[chao129]

i doubt that any meaningful amount of uranium would enter food from uranium glass. The aount used to colour the glass is so miniscule that even on a laboratory alpha-beta-gamma geiger counter, they only produces about 10 cpm over backround. even then, it is dissolved into glass, so only uranium at the suface could escape, and most of that would come off of the plate just from washing it.

[agnostosxxxx]

You shouldn't touch those things with your hands.The matter they are legal doesn't mean they are not harmful.

You should place them at special containers when not working with them,and always touch them with special gloves.

Or else you will have cancer soon..

[Feexer007]

Oh shi! Is it safe? O_0 And you dont wear any uniform? o_0

[mlcz1995]

isnt that illegal

[bionerd23]

no, it isnt - see my reply to your other comment. :-)

[liban121212]

where do yuo get this stuff i relly ownder do she take it from some nuclear power plant or do she buy it on ebay plzz tell us where yuo get this i am yellass no yuo

[mike240se]

so background in your neighborhood is .15 but in your place its .35? do you live in apartment building? people like you make me want to get a meter to see if the room next to my bedroom isnt filled with radioactive materials. lol

if your stuff is overloading your 1000uSv/h meter, isnt it likely you are exceeding the dose limit? thats .1 rad/h, the guys going on the ships after baker werent allowed to get 1rad total.

[bionerd23]

i moved out of the place by now, but i always make sure i dont harm anybody else with the radiation. the room that was next to me at the time was empty (well, storage), and i went around the house to check if an increased dose was measurable anywhere... nope - with all the lead accumulators etc. i stacked around the stuff PLUS the walls, nope. only in my room, the dose was still increased, depending where you'd stand.

[theonethatlost]

so what is it the meters detect?

[bionerd23]

ionizing radiation; that is alpha, beta and gamma radiation. also referred to as 'radioactivity' or 'radioactive rays', though that is not a correct term.

[KrypticGuy666]

Where do you get this?

[bionerd23]

from abandoned uranium mines and stockpiles. check out my 'finding uranium in nature' video. uranium is all around us. =)

[TribalWarsTube]

yay! lol

[voidengineer]

Do you not have any pure metals?

[bionerd23]

pure uranium metal, you mean? no, not yet.

[voidengineer]

Are you allowed to own these metals where you live? I know we can get them in the US from United Nuclear.

Have you performed and experiments on your materials, like those done with a breeder reactor?

[bionerd23]

yes, you can legally posess uranium and other radioactive metals (thorium for example) here in exempt quantities (that quantity varies from radionuclide to radionuclide and if its e.g. depleted uranium or natural uranium).

and no, i havent done any breeder reactor experiments, as i am a) lacking pure uranium metal and b) THAT would not be legal anymore and c), it'd also be very dangerous.

[voidengineer]

Yeah but I'm sure you've thought about it ^_^ Besides, it wouldn't be fun if it was safe, now would it? I mean look at your collection. You know, I'm sure, that the allure of such samples is in the fact that they're potentially dangerous. ;)

[bionerd23]

well, one has to know when to stop, i figure.

the way i am handling my collection is rather save, and i am WAY below the annual limit for the dose i receive. i'll keep it that way.

if i'd built a breeder reactor @ home, things are bound to get out of hand. also, while i consider it my right to harm my body in whichever way i want - including severe injury and death - a breeder reactor would also threaten the lifes of others around me, and i do not have the right to do that.

just my opinion.

[voidengineer]

Hehe, nah, I agree with you. I don't think anyone has pulled off breeder reactors at home without getting into trouble. And like you said, it is very dangerous and is more than likely going to put neighbors in danger. I guess the serious student could just go to college and study nuclear physics etc. The only problem with that is that it's expensive and not as exciting as being a nuclear mad scientest ^_^.

Peace and Love,

Stephen

[bazookatim]

microwave it

[trio628]

was the counter you used measured in milirems?

[bionerd23]

nope, it was microsieverts. 1 sievert equals to 100 rem.

[kewikle]

Since he's thinking in millirems: 1 millirem (mrem) = 10 microsievert (µSv)

Like "trio", I prefer the röntgen as well...mentally /10 with all your videos. The sievert and gray are standard, but

[lucaeroteam]

are you crazy!!!!! NOT SAFETY YOU WITH DANGEROUS MINERAL..... YOU CRAZY.

[Isosphere]

He obviously knows what he does, stop whining

[kewikle]

As long as he doesn't breath in or swallow any particulates, chances are no health effects will be suffered (short or long term). None of the stuff in his videos is anywhere near what's considered to be the minimum harmful dose. I doubt even his long term exposure is that significant.

[googleitpl0x]

kryptonite! supermans weakness :O

[Hades8784]

Well then, you've inspired me to jump into the hobby. I look forward to learning a lot more.

[Hades8784]

First things first shall we? I am currently seeking a good source of pigs, or a good way to make ones own. Im going to start small so the United nuclear pigs are a bit much for now, thanks for your time!

[bionerd23]

well, lead pigs usually are expensive as it seems... try ebay, or make one yourself by either casting it or at least rolling up some lead sheets you can get from roofing supplies.

[klutz22]

LOL i have some uranium and radium samples and im very paranoid that im going to get like leukemia or somthing. Just asking has anything happened to you?

[bionerd23]

not yet - not that i know of, anyway. it usually takes years to develop cancer, so i cant tell you yet... maybe there's a tumor growing somewhere and i just dont know it yet, cuz i dont have symptoms? it may all be. by the way, due to the radon from radium and uranium, i'd be more scared of lung cancer than of leukemia...

[AScannerClearly]

That's a heck of a lot of rocks! lol. Just FYI, unenriched Uranium can be used in graphite moderated reactors or in heavy water reactors (like the CANDU ones in Canada), enrichment is really only necessary for light water reactors. And those orange/red Uranium glazed plates they used to make are somewhat safe to eat off of, as long as you're not eating anything acidic! Acid leaches out the Uranium, Lead and other bad stuff.

[bionerd23]

thanks for the additional info on reactors - i didnt know other types of reactors than the lightwater reactor and breeders are commonly used. germany ONLY has lightwater reactors, thats why i called them 'conventional' reactors. just checked wikipedia, so canada only uses CANDU, while the USA uses all kinds of reactors... that's interesting. thanks!

i guess few foods are not acidic... a lot of fruits are, the side salad with vinegar is... so i'd call eating of uranium plates rather unsafe. :-P

[AScannerClearly]

Maybe seafood and cucumbers would be safe then? Then again, seafood tends to have mercury in it... scratch that. 0_o Just cucumbers.

[bionerd23]

/me doesnt like cucumbers without a dressing -_-

vinegar and garlic flavoured oil ftw!

[XcaptainXobliviousX]

you have a very interesting accent. where are you from? .-.

[bionerd23]

lol, i thought it was obvious? i'm from germany. :-P

[erykp]

geil......cool...awesome