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 Peter Gleick, Pacific Institute for Studies in Development, Environment, and Security, Oakland, CA, and approved March 6, 2009 (received for review December 15, 2008)
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