Since uranium - 235 decays by alpha decay, the thief runs a risk of exposure to alpha decay.
What is alpha decay?
Radioactive decay is the sponteanous disintergration of a nuclide to yiled daughter nuclide and release energy.
We can see the decay of Uranium -235 in the image attached to this answer. Hence, it then follows that the theif here runs the risk of exposure to alpha decay.
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