Oddbean new post about login | logout Called the health department today so they could dispose of some uranium ore my uncle died and left us with. Good times.
Sometimes things are not as dangerous as they seem. Was it actually dangerous? Or you threw it away just in case
Lil bit dangerous. Definitely required special handling, but legal and correctly sealed, so limited to gamma radiation.
Relevant xkcd https://xkcd.com/2568/
Was it weapons grade uranium?
Pretty tame, 1-5% pure
By mass I’m guessing? How much was the total mass?
5-10 lbs maybe?
Wow. Yeah hard to know what exactly it is, but even pure yellowcake has “very low radioactivity” though it is dangerous if inhaled. Very cool.
Pffft! Can’t even heat a can of soup with that.
Oh shit. My friend had a found a yellow rock knce after exploring and abandoned mine in utah. He put it in his pocket and drove hours before getting home. He showed his gf the cool yellow rock he found and she immediately told him it was uranium
Whoh
Defffffinitely would have kept that
It's actually probably pretty safe. People handle raw reactor fuel all the time, its most dangerous when its pulled out of the fission reactor. I wouldn't want to sleep next to the Uranium until I have tested it. I would be comfortable keeping it out in the shed until confirming.
Why did he have it?!
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How bizarre.
Look at the prices. Coudda sold it for $$$. https://www.uraniumstore.com/
