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xkcd has taught us that it is ok to swim in a local
municipal
nuclear 'spent fuel' cooling pool as long as we don't
practise holding
our breath next to the rods.
Is there a way of using the radioactive dropoff to
produce a
paint additive that will nuke anything trying to bury
itself
in the paint but keep macro distances to just a nice
warming affect?
I'm thinking any DNA stuck in close proximity will become
holey. Good for antifoulling , south/north sided buildings
and little nooks that are needed to be kept pristine.
Something energetic but short lived over a small distance
should suffice.
But then again, There's that eternal battle of colloid
suspension and the ramifications radioactivity will bring.
xkcd 29
https://what-if.xkcd.com/29/
Scale, it's all about the scale. [wjt, Apr 15 2017]
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I love that site (+) for the idea. |
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I agree, a wonderful comic strip. But I think as structured, this is not an idea that meets the extremely flexible standards of the Halfbakery, but a question. |
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I think it comes close to being an idea. The idea to which it comes close is "Paint ships' bottoms with a radioisotope that will not leach into the water, and whose radiation will not penetrate either the hull or a significant thickness of water, yet will kill marine life growing on the hull." |
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I'm sorry, that my knowledge of radiochemistry has a
reading of about 1.26 mSv/a so can't fill in the detail
necessary. |
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wow, this completely reminds me of a previous idea for atomic batteries. |
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have an alpha emitter (alpha particles are blockable with a sheet of paper) coated with the dry version of an ultrahygroscopic polymer. if it breaks or leaks then water suddenly puffs the coating, making it thicker than paper, thus blocking the alpha radiation from bothering someone chewing on the battery. |
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as a typical atomic battery it just uses warmth and thermoelectrics to make electricity. |
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also, there is a way to print it so that it has a ;;;;;;::;:;::;: stochasticlly patterned mini bloblets of alpha emitter and stable isotope such that separating the radioactives from the stable isotopes would be tremendous effort yet it would still make warmth. |
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inkjet printers do 9600 dpi, so you would print the battery ;:;;;::;; on paper or polymer film, spool it up, and have a terrorism resistant, edible nuclear battery. |
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//a terrorism resistant, edible nuclear battery// |
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[Marked]. Not for anything particular, just [marked]. |
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Marky Mark and the Funky Bunch? |
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