Japanese reactor crisis

Medusa · 03-16-2011, 01:15 PM

Seems normal but still a little unnerving:

http://www.vindy.com/news/2011/mar/1...monitors-in-w/

AtLast · 03-16-2011, 01:56 PM

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Originally Posted by Medusa

Seems normal but still a little unnerving:

http://www.vindy.com/news/2011/mar/1...monitors-in-w/

Here in Bay Area, CA, the local stations have been talking-up our radiation warning systems in place. And of course reminding us of the reactor (Diablo Canyon nuclear power plant) down state a ways "a top" an earthquake fault.

Reality....

The link Aj provided has some new info on the crisis-

http://www.iaea.org/newscenter/news/...iupdate01.html

dreadgeek · 03-16-2011, 02:11 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Medusa

Seems normal but still a little unnerving:

http://www.vindy.com/news/2011/mar/1...monitors-in-w/

I wouldn't make too much of this. It's a precautionary measure. Better to have the radiation detectors in place, debugged, and known to be working BEFORE we might need to have them in place than to scramble at the last minute.

Cheers
Aj

Corkey · 03-16-2011, 02:19 PM

I would assume that they also need a baseline for normal radiation counts for the area.

AtLast · 03-16-2011, 02:25 PM

In all of this, I have to look to a "double edged sword" concerning radiation- one (what we fear most for people being exposed in Japan) that causes disease- and the other, wherein radiation is part of the treatment of many cancers.

Radiation therapy, including radioactive iodine therapy has a positive record in the treatment of thyroid cancer. My son was diagnosed with thyroid cancer 2 years ago and it was this very method that is responsible for his cancer free status.

I so hope that today is more of a success for those working at the Japan plants. They are in danger but they are also a part of a larger community of science and technology that does an awful lot of good!

Medusa · 03-16-2011, 02:43 PM

There is a conversation going on in the next cube and someone is actually considering wrapping their entire house in aluminum foil to "keep from getting fried".

dreadgeek · 03-16-2011, 02:47 PM

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Originally Posted by Medusa

There is a conversation going on in the next cube and someone is actually considering wrapping their entire house in aluminum foil to "keep from getting fried".

Yeah. Tell them that won't help. Aluminum is practically transparent to gamma rays.

Cheers
Aj

wolfbittenpoet · 03-16-2011, 03:00 PM

So they are planning to cook like tin foil dinners or bake potatoes. This is why we need more science in our schools.

AtLast · 03-16-2011, 02:59 PM

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Originally Posted by Medusa

There is a conversation going on in the next cube and someone is actually considering wrapping their entire house in aluminum foil to "keep from getting fried".

And ...... http://www.ktvb.com/news/health/Japa...118110029.html

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