my radioactive collection - vid 1 of 3 - URANIUM

an insight to my collection, as per request - video ONE out of 3.

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• uranium
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[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.

[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.

[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.

[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..

[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

[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?

[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.

[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.