Submitted by kitsunesan1029 t3_10n6atm in explainlikeimfive
mfb- t1_j6866kd wrote
Reply to comment by missthingxxx in ELI5: How is caesium-137 used in mining operations? by kitsunesan1029
If they don't find it then it's probably going to lie somewhere in the desert for centuries until essentially all the caesium has decayed (99.9% over 300 years) or the container gets damaged and it's spread out over such a large area that it's harmless, too.
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