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A comment on Fukushima’s nuclear signature found in California wine. Parent comment

Re:Fukushima’s nuclear signature found in California wine by CompelTechnic on Thursday July 19, 2018 @12:49PM (#17568123)
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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Re:Fukushima’s nuclear signature found in California wine by givinguflac on Thursday July 19, 2018 @03:42PM (#17569614)
Heating it with Coke?
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Re:Fukushima’s nuclear signature found in California wine by georgyo on Thursday July 19, 2018 @03:47PM (#17569646)
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coke_(fuel)
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Re:Fukushima’s nuclear signature found in California wine by CompelTechnic on Thursday July 19, 2018 @04:06PM (#17569792)
Delicious Coca-Cola (tm) </s>
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