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370zproject

03-30-2011 02:11 PM

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evse82

04-04-2011 11:06 PM

This had me worried for a bit, because I'm actually coming to the States on Friday :) We have 0 chance of any coming to Australia... from what I've been reading so far it aint anything to worry about...

I just don't like radioactive iodine being compared to an x-ray.. from my understanding, if you inhale or swallow radioactive particles they keep releasing radiation in your body and their half lives are prolonged slightly... an x-ray sends a burst of radiation your way but is ceased once it is over... so radioactive particles don't equal normal background radiation... Still I'm guessing the media has gone nuts over the slight levels in the US... it was on the news here for a while too... seems to have died down over the last week for some reason though.

CBRich

04-05-2011 07:51 AM

The intake of radioactive particles does cause continued release of your radiation in your body. But the half life of these particles is much shorter because you have the combined effects of it's radiological half life and it's biological half life. You will sneeze, pee, poop, sweat, or whatever else a lot of it out depending on the isotope.

And the strength of these particles is so weak that the dose they give you is next to nothing.

nuTinmuch

04-05-2011 07:58 AM

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Originally Posted by Horus (Post 1003321)

You must be at McGuire.
As someone who works in the Nuclear industry and is exasperated by the ignorance and misinformation that the media and general public is presenting, thank you for giving some perspective.

Reading the comments section for the Nuclear articles at CNN makes me seriously concerned about the public perception of nuclear safety and the status of power companies efforts to build new reactors.

But guys! It's much better to keep building/using coal plants -- and man, natural gas is incredible and so clean!

Sigh.

I always love people who claim the media downplays anything. They literally make more money if they make more people panic.

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