[Dog]

Question....I've read this could have come from a nuclear reactor as a by product....could they ID the poison on a cellular level from a certain nuke reactor?

[Gorzaloon]

Question....I've read this could have come from a nuclear reactor as a by product....could they ID the poison on a cellular level from a certain nuke reactor?

It is made by neutron capture by Bismuth 209--->Bi210 then undergoes a beta decay to Polonium 210. It has a Specific Activity of 4,500 Curies/Gram. (gulp). The Alpha particle has an energy of 5.3 MeV.

It could only be identified if there were "tramp" traces of other nuclides with it.

Tiny amounts were used in 'Staticmaster" brushes.