[ RadSafe ] Plastics and radiation exposure

[Ted de Castro]

Here's an off the wall muse .........

What would be the ultimate end product of plastics to GIGA doses (or 
higher) of photon or maybe beta radiation?

ie.  Would it ultimately de-polymerize to something like what it started 
from or an otherwise useful product - like maybe a fuel source?

Just a muse.  NOT considering economic viability or any such thing.

Just - what if a non-pc major "pollutant" - ie. rad waste got recycled 
to the close proximity of another problem waste product - plastics -  
might not something useful POSSIBLY arise.

We all can guess at an answer - but I'm suspecting that someone here 
might KNOW the answer.