The question may have been born from the James Bond movies when he takes the fuel rods in and out of the submarine reactor core. This topic is not controversial because it's either safe to touch or not safe to touch. The myth exists because people are curious and want to know if nuclear fuel rods are safe to touch.
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Nuclear fission is related to this because nuclear fuel rods are the waste products of nuclear fission, which is the splitting of atoms to create energy. They also are looking for a way to recycle used fuel rods. A way they are thinking of is to burry them underground because they are lethal for 250,000 years. The scientific compound uranium is U-235 or U-238. There are more uranium compounds but those are the ones that we use most in nuclear fission.
Nuclear fuel rods are not safe to touch because they stay radioactive for 250,000 years according to eHow | How To Do Just About Everything! | How To Videos & Articles. Apparatuses to hold nuclear fuel rods since they are radioactive and not safe to touch and PatentStorm: U.S. Patents has the patent and information about the patent.
