My son is learning about nuclear information now. Seems to love the Fallout game ideas about it.
I know I had seen on here, or The_Donald back in the day, a comment about some guy who invented the nuclear power program that swallow some radioactive material when they go do their public speaking gigs. I think they also claimed they were swimming in the glowing pools of water.
I cannot for the life of me remember who that guy was.
I am just looking for more data and information on nuclear energy, radioactive products, and the true benefits & accurate problems of radioactive materials.
Any information you guys know of, or places to dig would be appreciated.
Gamma spectrosopy is a way to identify radioactive materials by the energy of radiation emitted. One inexpensive gamma spectrometer is the Radiacode.
The half value thickness is essential to understanding shielding. https://survivalblog.com/2005/10/31/radiation-protection-factors-f/ https://www.nuclear-power.com/nuclear-power/reactor-physics/interaction-radiation-matter/interaction-gamma-radiation-matter/gamma-ray-attenuation/half-value-layer/
Very interesting. Lead is cheap & abundant if I understand correctly. A centimeter or two of lead around a garbage can sized reactor should be able to keep it safe & power small cities. I hope Musk & Vivek release the restraints & allow these to be created & distributed globally.
Even a coffee can sized model for every home & connected to a grid for redundancy would be amazing.