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To: conservative_guyz
I realize you're joking but...

yellowcake contains no Co60, just U and its daughter products.

Co60 has a half-life of a bit more than 5 years, so it is not found in nature ever. It would make an OK dirty bomb, though, because a gram emits lots and lots of gamma in its brief live. yellowcake, though, has a half-live of over 100,000 years, so a gram does not emit much energy at any given time (makes a lousy dirty bomb).

13 posted on 11/06/2008 7:29:45 AM PST by DBrow (NUMA!)
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To: DBrow
yellowcake, though, has a half-live of over 100,000 years,

Try about 10,000 times that number.

32 posted on 11/06/2008 3:23:53 PM PST by ColdWater
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