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Low-background steel - Wikipedia (en.wikipedia.org)

submitted 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) by GreenEngineering3475@lemmy.world to c/wikipedia@lemmy.world

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[–] shalafi@lemmy.world 10 points 2 months ago

Very surprising to me as well! Also, the amount of decrease:

"World anthropogenic background radiation levels peaked at 0.11 mSv/yr above natural levels in 1963, the year that the Partial Nuclear Test Ban Treaty was enacted. Since then, by about 2008, anthropogenic background radiation has decreased to 0.005 mSv/yr above natural levels."