Primitives for proportions?

[Katchoo]

(Expanding on the talk of Radioactives and the ability of a Primitive Race to produce/maintain them...)

Would it be possible to create a Sat component that generates Rads from the Sun? An advanced race could have access to this kind of technology, and as one of the first things to gift to a Primitive Race to help them advance. This would provide a pre-requisite for giving Ships to a Primitive Race, since without Rad Production the Primitives can't sustain Ships.

Down the road the Primitives can gain access to more efficent Rad Producers, and eventually reach a level of "competence" to maintain more powerful ground-based Rad producers.

Sound feasable and/or worthwhile?