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Is this... safe?
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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
Well all I know is I could see my keychain glow in the dark and it claimed to be uranium.
https://sciencenotes.org/do-radioactive-elements-glow-is-radiation-green/
I guess whatever is in it isn't uranium then. 🤷