Use of nuclear technology gets green light in Rwanda

Re:Use of nuclear technology gets green light in Rwanda by manfredo on Wednesday June 17, 2020 @09:11PM (#23558743)

You can blast foods with gamma radiation and then can it or otherwise put it in an airtight seal. The gamma radiation kills all foods and microbes that would cause it to decay. Gamma radiation is just photons (unlike alpha and beta radiation) so it doesn't case the food to become radioactive.

It would enable canning food without preservatives.

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Re:Use of nuclear technology gets green light in Rwanda by opwieurposiu on Wednesday June 17, 2020 @10:56PM (#23559349)

Typically you put the food in the can and the cans the box and then blast the whole box in one go.

Very useful for countries with limited access to refrigeration.

This is also a common method for sterilizing single use medical stuff, band-aids, sutures, iv tubes etc.

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