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Old 13-May-2008, 02:12 AM
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To sum up, if I understand correctly that is... antiradiation isn't the issue, because the antimatter that carries the radiation would be far more dangerous than the antiradiation itself.
I'm not sure what you mean by "antimatter that carries the radiation." Break up an anti-uranium nucleus, and it's going to throw off antimatter fragments, gammas, and neutrinos. Now, true, pound for pound, anti-uranium 235 is going to be more hazardous than regular uranium 235, but either one could ruin your day.

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There wouldn't be a way for regular matter to carry antiradiation
Not quite true - there are ways for "regular" matter to produce antiparticles. For instance:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Positron_emission
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