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In a book I read as a kid that concerned WWI naval warfare, the author noted that sunken vessels from the war were incredibly valuable for salvage, since nuclear weapons had somehow fucked up and made useless all steel produced afterwards for certain applications.

Any idea what specifically the nukes did to cause that? Also, any other little known side effects of the widespread nuclear weapons testing?

>> No.5986003

>>5985981
Yeah, nah, that's bullshit.

>> No.5986183

>>5985981
strontium-90

>> No.5986199

I dunno much about steel, but see what info you can find comparing death rates from lung cancer prior to WW2 to those afterwards. Turns out that smoking used to be a lot safer in the old days!

>> No.5986201

>>5985981
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Low-background_steel

>> No.5986233

>>5986199
>see what info you can find

If you have something interesting, share it. Otherwise stfu.

>> No.5986240

Slightly radioactive steel cannot be used for certain sensitive instrumentation components or things near those instruments

>> No.5986262

>>5986201

Oh wow. I hadn't realised nuclear tests had such a tangible effect.

>> No.5986280

>>5986199
I wonder if there is a good break down of lung cancer by age. I know tobacco likes radiation, but there hasnt been a bomb in years. Would someone who started smoking 5 years ago have lower risk aftet 30 years of smoking than someone that started 30 years ago?

>> No.5986285

>>5986199
I thought that was asbestos related

>> No.5986446
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5986446

Map of the biggest known test sites in the US. I was suprised that they detonated nukes outside the Southwest; here's an article on the sites in Mississipi.
>http://mshistory.k12.ms.us/articles/293/nuclear-blasts-in-mississippi

>> No.5986451

>>5985981
>WWI
almost every vessel sunk in WW2 was also prior to the first detonations

i'm also unsure how steel made from entirely freshly mined iron ore would be any more contaminated that steel underwater. though most steel is in part recycled from scrap.

>> No.5986454

>>5986262
atmospheric test ban saved many lives.

>> No.5986594

>>5986201
>>5986262
>The man-made radioactive elements in the air have decayed to only 0.5% increase on naturally occurring levels.

Thank goodness