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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>I get radiation is basically light…
*Electromagnetic* radiation is more or less energetic light, but *nuclear radiation* includes massive particles like protons, neutrons and electrons. Anything with a temperature emits electromagnetic radiation (i.e. glows); radioactive materials aren’t just glowing, their atoms are decaying and casting off particles. The energy source is the energy that was binding those particles together and is released as they decay.
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