How did the trope of nuclear material glowing bright green get started, when that's not actually how nuclear material behaves in real life?

by MKorostoff

Movies and cartoons often depict radioactivity as a green glow, most famously in the opening credits to the simpsons. Where did this start?

voyeur324

/u/restricteddata has previously answered How did uranium come to be commonly depicted as glowing and green? but there are few final answers here at AskHistorians. Someone else may have another interpretation.