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by CompelTechnic 2894 days ago
The process of creating steel requires heating it with coke in a large furnace. A large volume of atmospheric air is pumped into the furnace, and it is this atmospheric air that introduces the radioactive particles to the mix.

There are vacuum furnaces that lack this atmospheric air, but their process is much more expensive.

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Heating it with Coke?
Delicious Coca-Cola (tm) </s>