Re:Chernobyl Fungus Feeds On Radiation (2007)
by TheZenPsycho on Tuesday November 19, 2013 @09:51PM
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what about the toxicity of the water as a result of being exposed to radiation, versus the toxicity of the fungi?
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Re:Chernobyl Fungus Feeds On Radiation (2007)
by yongjik on Wednesday November 20, 2013 @01:59AM
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I'm not a nuclear scientist, but I can't think of any way pure water may become "toxic" due to exposure to radiation (instead of dissolving radioactive materials, which would definitely be a problem). Maybe excessive neutron radiation could build up tritium, but that already sounds like a stretch. (Most radioactive elements don't emit neutron spontaneously.)