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Old 09-April-2008, 12:32 PM
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Originally Posted by HenrikOlsen View Post
In this case, we're talking about going from Sr88 to Sr90, which at the very least would require a double neutron capture..

Actually, ace holmes talked about mining pure strontium which in itself is nonsense, so I expect the rest was as well.
The fact that Sr89 only has a 50.52 day half life doesn't help either!
Not only does it not stick around long, but while it is around it is so hot makes Sr90 seem benign.
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