Reply to post: Re: mildly radioactive?

Forget that rare-earth element crunch – we can now just extract them from industrial waste

John Brown (no body) Silver badge

Re: mildly radioactive?

Could we then use biotechnology both for refining uranium ore, and isotope separation? Enrichment? That'd be good for a laugh."

We probably don't want to be breeding bacteria capable of withstanding hard radiation. It might mutate. The last thing this world needs is trillions of microscopic bacteria with assorted superpowers.

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