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by ycIsGarbage 1631 days ago
Yep, and apparently there's money in the old scuttled ships from before 1945.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Low-background_steel

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> Since the cessation of atmospheric nuclear testing, background radiation has decreased to very near natural levels,[4] making special low-background steel no longer necessary for most radiation-sensitive applications, as brand-new steel now has a low enough radioactive signature that it can generally be used in such applications

Apparently there’s less money in those scuttled ships now than there was 50 years ago.

I wonder what the isotopic fallout graphs look like.