the certainty of human interference with nuclear technology

Submitted by myth (Germany), Dec 27, 2013 at 08:56

Mchael, the bigger Table of Nuclides charts the unstable, that is radioactive, nuclides. The Periodic Table of Elements charts the small subset of stable nuclides. The connection is this: The unstable cascade down to other unstable, always lighter nuclides, until they finally find the eternal rest of a stable element. This is a one-way process since the beginning of the world. Imagine a reverse food-chain. This presents us with a zoo of nuclides that has a charasteristic composition in nature.

Any deviation from the natural composition in any nuclide, say a bit of U-235 too much, points to human interference. Whenever arms-inspectors find any such deviation there is absolute certainty someone human was operating nuclear technology.

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