If exposed to radiation, does gold become radioactive?

Subject: If exposed to radiation, does gold become radioactive?

Date: Wed Mar 5 18:23:25 2003
Posted by Sean Keller
Grade level: nonaligned School: none
City: Sherman Oaks State/Province: CA Country: USA
Area of science: Physics
ID: 1046906605.Ph

Message:


I am a screenwriter and wanted to know what would happen if a low-powered 
nuclear device were to explode in a gold mine. Whould the gold be affected? 
Would there be a radioactive half-life?

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