"Vic Smith" wrote in message
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On Thu, 21 Jun 2007 16:06:21 -0300, "Don White"
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"Vic Smith" wrote in message
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On Thu, 21 Jun 2007 18:00:56 GMT, "CalifBill"
wrote:


Plutonium is safe to pick up with gloves. Low energy particles, just
the
low energy particles come off a substance with a 1/2 life of 25,000
years.
Most likely a plutonium particle will not pass through a sheet of paper.
Still a bad thing to throw it overboard. We might get Godzilla.

Thanks for that info. I always held that "pick-up-the plutonium" task
against the Navy. Now we're cool.

--Vic

You're taking Kalif Bill's word for that?
I'd get a second opinion.

Relax. I follow the "trust but verify" rule.
And Bill is right.

--Vic


I understand that just a few atoms of plutonium in the lungs can produce
cancer in a relatively short time. I wonder why anyone would handle a piece
of the stuff at all, unless it was somehow contained, wrapped, etc.