Bit iffy to explain, but radiation can penetrate cells in some cases and damage the cell. But what happens to the radiation energy coming from decaying material in safe underground storage areas?
In: Physics
Everything eventually turns into heat energy. When it is underground, the radiation has a far way to travel before it hits something that isn’t dirt or concrete. It doesn’t disappear, it dissipates. It gets spread out as heat energy over a huge area and basically becomes unnoticeable. Like food dye drops in the ocean.
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