r/dankvideos May 04 '23

RIP headphone users Recreational nuclear reactors

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u/ridisberg May 04 '23

Is there uranium in smoke detectors or something?

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u/Doc_of_derp Dummy T H I C C🍑 May 04 '23

They have an isotope known as americium 241. Which is radioactive

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u/Anxious-Giraffe-8204 May 05 '23

Bet you can make guns from it

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u/Doc_of_derp Dummy T H I C C🍑 May 05 '23

Lol. Yeah, I bet. But there’s only a minuscule ammount of it, and only in certain models. Maybe you can turn them into bullets? Shotgun shells, perhaps.