AW: Bismuth breaks half-life record

["Franz Schoenhofer" <franz.schoenhofer@CHELLO.AT>]

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Von: owner-radsafe@list.vanderbilt.edu

[mailto:owner-radsafe@list.vanderbilt.edu]Im Auftrag von BERNARD L COHEN

Gesendet: Montag, 28. April 2003 16:13

An: John Jacobus

Cc: Jerry Cohen; Dan Hoffman; radsafe

Betreff: Re: Bismuth breaks half-life record







On Fri, 25 Apr 2003, John Jacobus wrote:



> And if the proton does not decay . . .?



	--Every nucleus with mass above about 100 can decay by spontaneous

fission. This is indisputable, just from measured masses.



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I cannot believe, that you are serious!!! Has it ever been observed that

Cs-137, I-131, the stable isotopes of Cs, I, Hg, Cd, W, Rare Earths, Au, Pt,

Ba, Ag etc etc decay by spontaneous fission???? I dispute it and you will

hardly find anybody having common sense, who will not dispute it.



I am really embarrassed to read such a message from somebody whom I once

appreciated as a very important radiation protection person.



Franz



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