Eli5: Radioactive materials.

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I get radiation is basically light…..some we some we don’t. And the more intense it is the worse it is. So if a thing has become radioactive, is it basically glowing? And how is that happening? What is the energy source?

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Anything that radiates is radiation. It’s only light if photons are being radiated.

Neutron radiation, for example, is not light. 

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