Thanks for the info. You learn something new everyday. But, most of those are short term halflifes, and most of the long termers are alpha and beta emitters, so still very little long term damage there.
On Sun, Dec 7, 2008 at 7:57 PM, Kyle Mcallister <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > --- leaking pen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> fast neutrons can cause physical damage, de >> magnetize things, and >> cause other issues, but i was under the impression >> that it would only >> cause actual nuclear reactions with certain ALREADY >> radioactive >> species. and i cant find anything online to the >> contrary. Care to >> link some info on fast neutrons causing such >> reactions? > > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neutron_activation > > --Kyle > > > > >
