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Post by kate on Oct 21, 2024 13:34:02 GMT
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Post by kate on Oct 21, 2024 13:38:12 GMT
I believe glass is a good/potentially good container. Encased in glass blocks Blocks buried deep in lead containers should suffice for a few thousand years.
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Post by spinno on Oct 21, 2024 15:50:42 GMT
I hope you are not suggesting that I am a bottom feeder!  Bottom feeder- absolutely not Weird, well...  |
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Post by willien on Oct 21, 2024 16:24:03 GMT
I hope you are not suggesting that I am a bottom feeder! Bottom feeder- absolutely not Weird, well... I am with Aitch in this matter. |
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Post by spinno on Oct 21, 2024 16:27:31 GMT
Bottom feeder- absolutely not Weird, well... I am with Aitch in this matter. Honesty is the best policy...and I'm not far behind either of you |
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Post by geoffr on Oct 21, 2024 16:45:16 GMT
I believe glass is a good/potentially good container. Encased in glass blocks Blocks buried deep in lead containers should suffice for a few thousand years. Kate, have a look at the half life of Plutonium 240, we are looking at 1,000,000,000,000+ years or 475,000,000,000 years for Pu 238. I’m not sure “a few thousand years” is going to solve the problem. Dumping the whole lot into the sun might be a solution. |
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Post by spinno on Oct 21, 2024 16:46:14 GMT
I believe glass is a good/potentially good container. Encased in glass blocks Blocks buried deep in lead containers should suffice for a few thousand years. Kate, have a look at the half life of Plutonium 240, we are looking at 1,000,000,000,000+ years or 475,000,000,000 years for Pu 238. I’m not sure “a few thousand years” is going to solve the problem. Dumping the whole lot into the sun might be a solution. I've heard you can't trust anything in the Sun... |
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Post by kate on Oct 21, 2024 16:47:58 GMT
I believe glass is a good/potentially good container. Encased in glass blocks Blocks buried deep in lead containers should suffice for a few thousand years. Kate, have a look at the half life of Plutonium 240, we are looking at 1,000,000,000,000+ years or 475,000,000,000 years for Pu 238. I’m not sure “a few thousand years” is going to solve the problem. Dumping the whole lot into the sun might be a solution. We'll be extinct soon enough so it won't be a problem. Strange creatures will take over the world. |
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Post by willien on Oct 21, 2024 17:03:29 GMT
Kate, have a look at the half life of Plutonium 240, we are looking at 1,000,000,000,000+ years or 475,000,000,000 years for Pu 238. I’m not sure “a few thousand years” is going to solve the problem. Dumping the whole lot into the sun might be a solution. We'll be extinct soon enough so it won't be a problem. Strange creatures will take over the world. We already did millenia ago. Probably about time to let another have ago and see if they can avoid fecking up.
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Post by spinno on Oct 21, 2024 17:07:19 GMT
Kate, have a look at the half life of Plutonium 240, we are looking at 1,000,000,000,000+ years or 475,000,000,000 years for Pu 238. I’m not sure “a few thousand years” is going to solve the problem. Dumping the whole lot into the sun might be a solution. We'll be extinct soon enough so it won't be a problem. Strange creatures will take over the world. They're trying at the moment... |
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Post by mick on Oct 22, 2024 7:13:50 GMT
I believe glass is a good/potentially good container. Encased in glass blocks Blocks buried deep in lead containers should suffice for a few thousand years. Kate, have a look at the half life of Plutonium 240, we are looking at 1,000,000,000,000+ years or 475,000,000,000 years for Pu 238. I’m not sure “a few thousand years” is going to solve the problem. Dumping the whole lot into the sun might be a solution. A fine plan until the launch vehicle blows up in the atmosphere!!
Mick
PS Wiki says the half life of Pu240 is a little under 7000 years not the above!
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Post by daves on Oct 22, 2024 7:26:23 GMT
Half life of Pu 240 is 6560 years, half life of Pu 239 is 24100 years.
Uranium 238 has a half life of 4.5 billion years and is safe enough to colour glass. I have several uranium glass vases.
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Post by daves on Oct 22, 2024 7:29:07 GMT
As another example, potassium 40 has a half life of 1.5 billion years, and there is enough in bananas to make them measurably radioactive.
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Post by spinno on Oct 22, 2024 7:39:42 GMT
As another example, potassium 40 has a half life of 1.5 billion years, and there is enough in bananas to make them measurably radioactive. Brings a whole new meaning to a healthy diet giving you a healthy glow... |
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Post by daves on Oct 22, 2024 7:49:45 GMT
Like the old Readybreck ads.
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