There IS radioactivity in a microwave oven.....!
From what I read its Thorium, the same stuff thats in gas lantern mantles, so its not going to make you glow in the dark..
But its enough to set off the sensors at the scrapper if they can pick the radioactivity up
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Theres also Gold in some magnatrons, it helps make the emmiting end part more conductive and efficent.
Either way, its not enough to worry about. The ceramic beryllium part is though.
I get the relay from the board, on some boards theres a sub board that runs the LCD clock, they are sometimes gold plated .
Also the platter motors got copper in there.
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