Hacker News new | ask | show | jobs
by badmin_ 3164 days ago
Well I just found out that I was grossly underestimating the danger of handling Cf-252, given its half-life.

Look what ORNL used to transport 1g: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Californium#/media/File%3ACf...

1 comments

Yeah. A single fission event can generate 2-4 neutrons, so even a tiny spec can be pretty dangerous.

Here are the drums used for shipping much smaller amounts:

http://www.frontier-cf252.com/custom-type-a-packaging-radioa...