Massive Quake Hits NE Japan

[Docfeelgood]

For those of you who are interested in actual facts, there is basically no evidence of increased cancer rates at whole-body doses below 50 mSvt. Mild radiation sickness begins to appear at whole-body doses of 1000-2000 mSvt, and death is fairly inevitable above 8000 mSvt.

The possible doses to general population are well below 50 mSvt currently (many orders of magnitude below that). Unless something catastrophic happens, that will remain the case. Bleating about the ridiculously low levels of exposure which arise from the venting of radioactive steam is idiotic. On the other hand, levels in the immediate reactor facility spiked at a high enough level that if they remained there precautions would need to be taken to cycle personnel in and out on the timescale of hours, not days.

So what is your point?

[Docfeelgood]

Oh, what shall I do with the power combo of dfg and the twit arranged against me.

I just thought it was funny as hell! lol

[Docfeelgood]

True it is an apples oranges comparison but one has had no fatalities a workforce second to none with respect to training and professionalism and has had a relatively clean environmental record the other has killed untold numbers has varying degrees of professionalism and numerous superfund sites and attending lawsuits claiming carcinogenic effects.

Your point is nukes have the potential for untold damage. You have just witnessed a worst case way beyond design basis accident. The situation is such that the developments happen seemingly fast but are within the realm of emergency response to avoid loss of life. Compare and contrast that to failure of a cyanide plant or isocyanate plant or vinyl chloride or even chlorine gas. Failure at thosevsites often means sudden death without time for emergency response.

If you had to choose the lesser of two evils in your backyard?

[Egbert]

How so? I successively drove you insane with ~10 posts calling you a twit. That's a lot of happy memories with very little effort.

Your behaviour is disgusting, childish and loathsome. You did not drive me insane. You spent several pages defending your sanity. This clearly suggests that you feel a need to defend your sanity. You must come to terms with that. Get help for own sake and every one elses. I do not propose to spend several pages discussing your mental health issues again.

End of discussion.

[KrazyHorse]

As trained rad workers we are allotted up to 5 rem yearly. Many rad workers burn their entire dose allotment in a single outage (typically a 40 50 day refueling cycle)

For the uninitiated, for linear dose radiation like photons and electrons, 5 rem = 50mSvt

[Docfeelgood]

People are almost as rational about the dangers posed by nuke energy as they are about measuring inequality by measuring "income"...

Oh sh!t, another Trekie!
BTW
I said I am pro nuke power. Clean the sh!t out between your ears so you can read.

[Koyaanisqatsi]

End of discussion.

This much, at least, I will agree with. Can the various trolls and countertrolls please go elsewhere (he asks with hope but not optimism)?

[Ogie Oglethorpe]

For the uninitiated, for linear dose radiation like photons and electrons, 5 rem = 50mSvt

SI units shakes head

[KrazyHorse]

Your behaviour is disgusting, childish and loathsome. You did not drive me insane. You spent several pages defending your sanity. This clearly suggests that you feel a need to defend your sanity. You must come to terms with that. Get help for own sake and every one elses. I do not propose to spend several pages discussing your mental health issues again.

End of discussion.

You're right; I was driven so insane that I:

1) declared that I would henceforth be ignoring you, a facade which lasted less than 24 hours
2) stalked you on linkedin without realizing that I was leaving footprints
3) claimed once more to be ignoring you, with just as much self-control as before

Oh, wait...

[Ogie Oglethorpe]

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[Docfeelgood]

You're right; I was driven so insane that I:

1) declared that I would henceforth be ignoring you, a facade which lasted less than 24 hours
2) stalked you on linkedin without realizing that I was leaving footprints
3) claimed once more to be ignoring you, with just as much self-control as before

Oh, wait...

Please!!! put me on ignore. :desire:

[KrazyHorse]

SI units shakes head

Well, technically one is dose, the other is dose-equivalent

But in general physicists use SI...

[Ogie Oglethorpe]

If you had to choose the lesser of two evils in your backyard?

Not even a moments hesitation. Nuke. Although the prospect of an automated weapons system being trained on me as I take a jog around the neighborhood would be a bit unnerving.

[KrazyHorse]

So what is your point?

That minor doses are not harmful in any meaningful sense, hillbilly

[Hauldren Collider]

You're right; I was driven so insane that I:

1) declared that I would henceforth be ignoring you, a facade which lasted less than 24 hours
2) stalked you on linkedin without realizing that I was leaving footprints
3) claimed once more to be ignoring you, with just as much self-control as before

Oh, wait...