![ELI5: I have heard that Grand Central Station has enough radioactivity to fail a nuclear power plant inspection. If this is true then why do we not feel the effects? : r/explainlikeimfive ELI5: I have heard that Grand Central Station has enough radioactivity to fail a nuclear power plant inspection. If this is true then why do we not feel the effects? : r/explainlikeimfive](https://external-preview.redd.it/Blch6ABVRfXwD-DzedSZWseY0Z7ECQzdTi8surR7rmo.jpg?auto=webp&s=9f6227f1ff34b619dd88b74594a046e442729515)
ELI5: I have heard that Grand Central Station has enough radioactivity to fail a nuclear power plant inspection. If this is true then why do we not feel the effects? : r/explainlikeimfive
![Grand Central Station, NYC 1941. Today, surrounding buildings prevent the light from coming in like this. : r/OldSchoolCool Grand Central Station, NYC 1941. Today, surrounding buildings prevent the light from coming in like this. : r/OldSchoolCool](https://preview.redd.it/0qlpc7xjo9p21.jpg?auto=webp&s=774b5cdc0ac9e59991159909094570849198d7c2)
Grand Central Station, NYC 1941. Today, surrounding buildings prevent the light from coming in like this. : r/OldSchoolCool
![TIL that, because of the amount of granite in its construction, Grand Central Station produces more radiation than is allowable at a nuclear power plant. : r/todayilearned TIL that, because of the amount of granite in its construction, Grand Central Station produces more radiation than is allowable at a nuclear power plant. : r/todayilearned](https://external-preview.redd.it/7Dj5cGZ2RrOCpH--Z6Dda8AdecK8uQk409gOwkStKFM.jpg?auto=webp&s=f9a3bbf40cd5ef417259eb0aed1b4120469556b5)