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Old 9th June 2023, 12:52 AM   #3
Jim McDougall
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So ALL steel produced in modern 'Atomic Age' period is radioactive? Does this radiation only gravitate into the elements in steel production or is everything permeated with traces of radiation now that we are globally contaminated?

What sort of keenly specialized applications are you describing? Naturally I understand if this is classified.

The only thing I have heard of which caused concern with radioactivity was ceramic ware from Mexico in the 50s-60s called 'Fiesta Ware'. No idea how it was contaminated, uranium deposits in the area where other materials for production were found? Is it possible that radioactivity, such as present in areas where uranium or similar elements are found could account for such findings in metals? I think of Marie Curie with Radium in watches early in the last century.

Modern times have presented far more advanced methods of testing and analysis, such as the use of radiology in examining old blades nondestructively.
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