Comments on: Uranium Glass http://roclar.net/archives/1433 Random links, thoughts, etc. Sun, 06 Jul 2008 21:27:43 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 By: Ilmoran http://roclar.net/archives/1433#comment-783 Ilmoran Sat, 22 Sep 2007 07:43:19 +0000 http://roclar.net/archives/1433#comment-783 It might not say precisely how much radiation they put off, but it does say that "a great enough quantity will register on a sufficiently sensitive geiger counter above background radiation". In other words, if you have a lot of it, it will barely register over the radiation you are constantly being bombarded with from space. So yeah, it might be bad to have your entire set of dishes, all the windows in your house, and every other glass surface you can find made of this stuff, but one or two pieces isn't likely to hurt you :-p It might not say precisely how much radiation they put off, but it does say that “a great enough quantity will register on a sufficiently sensitive geiger counter above background radiation”. In other words, if you have a lot of it, it will barely register over the radiation you are constantly being bombarded with from space. So yeah, it might be bad to have your entire set of dishes, all the windows in your house, and every other glass surface you can find made of this stuff, but one or two pieces isn’t likely to hurt you :-p

]]> By: Tommy http://roclar.net/archives/1433#comment-782 Tommy Thu, 20 Sep 2007 14:22:32 +0000 http://roclar.net/archives/1433#comment-782 Wow! That looks cool! Wouldn't touch it though, much less eat or drink from it. Glad to see the site back up. Nice generator y'all have there. Well maintained, I hear. :) Wow! That looks cool!

Wouldn’t touch it though, much less eat or drink from it.

Glad to see the site back up. Nice generator y’all have there. Well maintained, I hear. :)

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