diff --git a/code/datums/materials/basemats.dm b/code/datums/materials/basemats.dm
index f07b1d8792..f189a91353 100644
--- a/code/datums/materials/basemats.dm
+++ b/code/datums/materials/basemats.dm
@@ -72,7 +72,7 @@ Unless you know what you're doing, only use the first three numbers. They're in
 
 /datum/material/uranium/on_applied(atom/source, amount, material_flags)
 	. = ..()
-	source.AddComponent(/datum/component/radioactive, amount / 20, source, 0) //half-life of 0 because we keep on going.
+	source.AddComponent(/datum/component/radioactive, amount / 60, source, 0) //half-life of 0 because we keep on going.
 
 /datum/material/uranium/on_removed(atom/source, material_flags)
 	. = ..()