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[โ€“] piecat 13 points 5 days ago (1 children)

Not quite,

Radioactive substances don't actually glow visibly themselves...

Uranium glass fluoresces under UV, and tritium vials and radium paint contain phosphers that convert radiation to visible light.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phosphorescence https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fluorescence

[โ€“] FlyingSquid 0 points 5 days ago (1 children)

Well all I know is I could see my keychain glow in the dark and it claimed to be uranium.