{"id":32903,"date":"2025-08-01T19:06:02","date_gmt":"2025-08-01T19:06:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/usdailys.com\/?p=32903"},"modified":"2025-08-01T19:06:02","modified_gmt":"2025-08-01T19:06:02","slug":"shocking-moment-nuclear-chemist-ate-uranium-to-prove-it-was-harmless","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/usdailys.com\/?p=32903","title":{"rendered":"Shocking moment nuclear chemist ‘ate uranium’ to prove it was harmless"},"content":{"rendered":"
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A nuclear chemist once ‘ate uranium’ while on camera to prove the substance was harmless.<\/strong><\/p>\n

The nuclear industry is certainly a much-talked-about one ever since the Chernobyl<\/a> disaster in 1986 which caused disruption across the entire globe<\/a>.<\/p>\n

But before all of that, nuclear chemist Galen Winsor toured the Northwest of the US<\/a> for the conservative John Birch Society, where he would share theories on the over-regulation of the industry.<\/p>\n

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Winsor’s interest in the topic began way back in the 1950s as he began running and even processing the extraction of plutonium at the Hanford nuclear site in Washington.<\/p>\n

He was in charge of measuring and controlling the nuclear fuel inventory and storage, while he later traveled<\/a> and spoke to people across the US, talked on the radio, and made many videos discussing the ‘misunderstanding’ surrounding nuclear radiation.<\/p>\n

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The footage has gone viral (YouTube)<\/cite><\/div>\n

In 1985, Winsor took things to the next level to prove his point as he was recorded holding up a bottle containing – what he says is – radioactive uranium oxide.<\/p>\n

Just the name sounds like something that would kill you, but Winsor decided to proceed.<\/p>\n

“The state of Washington sent two of its Gestapo agents over to my home to confiscate my uranium samples,” he said in a video, which has since been posted to the likes of YouTube<\/a> and Twitter.<\/p>\n

Remarkably, Winsor ends up consuming the substance, much to the surprise of those at the lecture watching on.<\/p>\n

“What I’ve just done makes me high level nuclear waste,” he said shortly after taking a tongue reading with his Geiger counter.<\/p>\n

“According to federal regulations, they will have to bury me 3,000 feet in Carlsbad, N.M.”<\/p>\n

Winsor added: “I do this in front of audiences, and they go wild.”<\/p>\n

Winsor died at the age of 82 in 2008, some 20 years after consuming the uranium oxide. His cause of death was not revealed in his obituary.<\/p>\n

The remarkable video has resurfaced multiple times, with many on the internet having their say.<\/p>\n

“Galen is an absolute legend. If all of the engineers and scientists in society were like him, we’d be in a much better state,” one person commented on YouTube.<\/p>\n

While a second added: “He lived until 82 which shows how it really is not dangerous in small portions.”<\/p>\n

Of course, you really shouldn’t be doing this at home and it’s not clear if the substance Winsor ‘ate’ was actually uranium.<\/p>\n

How Stuff Works reports<\/a> that consuming 25 milligrams will immediately ‘wreak havoc on the kidneys’. Meanwhile, ‘eating’ 50 milligrams could result in death.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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