Does radioactive decay exhibit stimulated emission?

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Radioactive decay does not exhibit stimulated emission in the same manner as other processes due to the lack of significant interaction between emitted photons and other nuclei. While stimulated gamma emission has been observed in specific isotopes, such as Ta-180m, the phenomenon is rare and characterized by low absorption cross-sections. The gain from stimulated gamma emission in Ta-180m is only 0.03, which is insufficient to achieve the conditions necessary for a gamma-laser.

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Electron energy levels exhibit stimulated emission. Why not nuclear energy levels?
If you have a lump of the same species of radioactive isotopes, why can't the photons emitted from the radioactive decay of one nucleus cause spontaneous emission from other atoms?
I presume it doesn't, because if it did, there would be a geometric effect of radioactive decay, which is not observed.
 
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Stimulated gamma emission in nuclear decay do exist but is extremely exotic due small absorption cross-sections. Considered most promising Ta-180m was demonstrated to have stimulated gamma emission in laboratory, but the gain is just 0.03 of necessary to make a gamma-laser.
 

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