Fukushima

[HereOnThePrimalEdge]

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Originally posted by PaulW

And how radioactive is natural uranium? Answer: not very much.

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It's radioactive enough, especially when vaporized and breathed in:

Uranium miners have a higher incidence of cancer. An excess risk of lung cancer among Navajo uranium miners, for example, has been documented and linked to their occupation.[39] The Radiation Exposure Compensation Act, a 1990 law in the USA, required $100,000 in "compassion payments" to uranium miners diagnosed with cancer or other respiratory ailments.[40]
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Uranium