if every bit of steel produced since 1945 contains radioactive isotopes, is that eventually going to bite us in the ass? Are there long term consequences of not being able to use modern steel for certain products?
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The amounts of radioactive material in steel is so low that it’s not dangerous. Radiation isn’t a problem in low enough concentrations because the thing that kills you is the amount of radiation over a certain amount of time that you are exposed to, so you can get exposed to a rather large amount of radiation over the course of years and is no problem but if you are exposed to a comparatively small amount of radiation over the course of a few minutes, that might kill you. So no, the trace amounts of radioactive material in steel isn’t dangerous.
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