
Originally Posted by
lordbyroniv
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Fear not. Rhodium can be radioactive - nuclear plants produce a butt ton of it as a fission product.
Check out the half life of Rhodium.
Rh 105 = 35.36 hours
Rh 103 = stable
Rh 102 = 207 days
Rh 102metastable = 2.9 years
Rh 101 = 3.3 years
Rh 101metastable = 4.34 days
Rh 99 = 16.1 days
The longest lived radioactive Rhodium half life is 3.3 years, in 5 half lives or 16.5 years - the vast majority of initial sample is effectively done decaying.
Spent Nuclear Fuel is rich in Rhodium and we store a minimum of 25 years in Spent Fuel Pools - in other words, any Rhodium removed from Spent Fuel is DONE being radioactive.
Fear not. It's all good.
1.6 billion people have no access to electricity, whatsoever.
2.4 billion people still burn wood and manure as their main source of energy.
3.0 billion more people will be born in the next 30 years.
Climate change isn't the killer - energy poverty is the killer.
More, all the above, and everywhere answers all energy issues.