git [he/him, comrade/them] to news • edit-23 years agoNuclear fallout is showing up in U.S. honey, decades after bomb testsexternal-linkmessage-square16 fedilinkarrow-up162file-text
arrow-up162external-linkNuclear fallout is showing up in U.S. honey, decades after bomb testsgit [he/him, comrade/them] to news • edit-23 years agomessage-square16 Commentsfedilinkfile-text
minus-squareregul [any]hexbear33·3 years agoFor radiation-sensitive applications such as x-ray machines, manufacturers have to source steel that was cast before 1945 because the global background radiation has increased so much since then that newly-cast steel is detectably radioactive. link
minus-squaresooper_dooper_roofer [none/use name]hexbear13·3 years agosurely this affects nobody's health in any way link
minus-squareMardoniush [she/her]hexbear7·3 years agoThat used to be true, but nuclear tests have reduced enough long enough ago that it's becoming possible to use normal steel again for most uses. link
For radiation-sensitive applications such as x-ray machines, manufacturers have to source steel that was cast before 1945 because the global background radiation has increased so much since then that newly-cast steel is detectably radioactive.
surely this affects nobody's health in any way
WW1 German battleships, best steel
That used to be true, but nuclear tests have reduced enough long enough ago that it's becoming possible to use normal steel again for most uses.