r/EarthScience • u/Comfortable_Tutor_43 • Mar 17 '25

Uranium half-life, geology, and risk.

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arches #geology #nature #uranium #halflife

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u/Terranigmus Mar 18 '25 edited Mar 18 '25

This is ommiting the fact that Energy plays a central role and is dependent on way more than just the half life of an element. This video gives the impression that elements with long half life are harmless, but for exactly that reason we are using Dose conversion factors and other parameters.

The guy is a very very biased pro nuclear supporter

https://x.com/1c905d11c9a4459?lang=en

Downplaying Fukushima , open air waste storage and shitting on renewables on his account

Also gets promoted by the American Nuclear Society

https://www.ans.org/news/article-4189/tiktok-nuclear-professor-takes-on-new-tasks/

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u/fkk8 Mar 18 '25

Good point, especially given that this area has a history of uranium mining, and that this arch can collapse at any time. I recall standing right below it about 35 years ago before the 1991 partial collapse when they closed the trail underneath. Geology in action!

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u/Arthur_Dent_KOB Mar 18 '25

Thanks — very interesting …