smoke detectors use a small amount of radioactive material, americium-241, to detect smokeCathy wrote:
Cathy wrote:
tjlincoln wrote:
NBC News - Authorities in Pennsylvania are searching for a missing portable nuclear device containing radioactive material that was stored inside a vehicle reported stolen.
This is as asinine as asinine can ever get (I’m hoping it’s not true)
WTF, Doc Brown just driving around with a portable nuke??
Oh, it's a handheld nuclear detector. Though why a detector contains nuclear material is a bit perplexing.
smoke detectors use a small amount of radioactive material, americium-241*, to detect smoke. So maybe something similar?
* I googled it. I knew it had something radioactive, but not the actual element.