I came up with this question right after I wanted to take apart a microwave to see why it wasn't heating anything before I remembered that that's a very, VERY bad idea
I came up with this question right after I wanted to take apart a microwave to see why it wasn't heating anything before I remembered that that's a very, VERY bad idea
They're low risk unless you ingest them, because then they're hitting internal organs directly.
Also if you pool the Americium from 100 detectors together they become pretty dangerous.
Ahhhh gold old nuclear boyscout...