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Re:Two men arrested with 7 kg radioactive uranium in Mumbai by anthropodie on Friday May 07, 2021 @10:55PM (#27083345)
> The uranium was seized and was sent to BARC in Mumbai for analysis. A report was received that the substance is Natural Uranium, which is highly radioactive and dangerous to human life.

Article does not mention those details but if BARC has concluded that it was radioactive then it most definitely is radioactive.

Re:Two men arrested with 7 kg radioactive uranium in Mumbai by asdfasgasdgasdg on Friday May 07, 2021 @10:57PM (#27083354)
Right but lots of things are radioactive. The point is that the headline might give the impression that this could have been used to make a bomb or something. If it was natural uranium 7kg is peanuts. You need tons and tons to get enough fissionable material for one bomb.
Re:Two men arrested with 7 kg radioactive uranium in Mumbai by mr_toad on Friday May 07, 2021 @11:09PM (#27083437)
Uranium has no stable isotopes. Some are more radioactive than others, but ‘radioactive’ uranium is a redundant term.
Re:Two men arrested with 7 kg radioactive uranium in Mumbai by greshario on Friday May 07, 2021 @11:32PM (#27083566)
Bananas are radioactive. The ground under your house is probably radioactive. Saying something is radioactive is meaningless without saying _how_ radioactive it is.
Re:Two men arrested with 7 kg radioactive uranium in Mumbai by anfilt on Friday May 07, 2021 @10:57PM (#27083357)
The radioactivity even from enriched uranium is not much of a concern. Take a look at the half life U-238 and U-235