Muons penetrate much further than X-rays, they do essentially zero damage, and they are provided for free by the cosmos.
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Edited by James M. Tiedje, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI, and approved August 11, 2011 (received for review April 20, 2011)
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- Published in issue September 27, 2011.
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- Bruce E. Logan1
- Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, 212 Sackett Building, Penn State University, University Park, PA 16802
Edited by James M. Tiedje, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI, and approved August 11, 2011 (received for review April 20, 2011)
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- ↵1To whom correspondence should be addressed. E-mail: blogan{at}psu.edu.
Author contributions: Y.K. and B.E.L. designed research; Y.K. performed research; Y.K. and B.E.L. analyzed data; and Y.K. and B.E.L. wrote the paper.
The authors declare no conflict of interest.
This article is a PNAS Direct Submission.
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