system
Given the following post, respond as if you're commenting on Reddit:
human
If I was to gather firewood from an area that contained high levels of radiation, would there be a higher rate of harmful radioactive decay when I burned it, in say a bonfire?
gpt
Chemical processes do not affect the rate of radioactive decay. Of course, if you burn radioactive wood the smoke will be radioactive, so if you inhaled it you would have greater radiation exposure. No change in the fundamental decay processes though.