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90. Thorium: Bright Lights, Big City

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February 22, 2022

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Sure, thorium could provide practically limitless clean energy, but then we couldn’t build weapons of mass destruction.

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Nuclear fuel plates submerged in water, showing the blue light of Cherenkov radiation.

89. Actinium: The Windup… And The Pitchblende

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November 8, 2021

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We all know that radioactive rocks glow in the dark, except they actually don’t, except for when they actually do.

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88. Radium: Several Sordid Affairs

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October 18, 2021

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Out of all the characters who encounter radium in this episode, the only one to emerge unscathed is the guy who comes face-to-face with Satan.

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