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2008-08-03 China-Japan-Koreas

U.S. sub may have leaked radiation in Japan

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Posted by Steve White 2008-08-03 00:00|| || Front Page|| [1 views ] Top

#1 All nuclear reactors leak radiation. No shielding is perfect. OH, wait you mean the sub leaked radioactive material. That's different. That isn't supposed to happen. We nukes used to say "Radiation is to crud (radioactive material) as stink is to s#!t. You can't see the first but it's just as deadly." ;P

Posted by AlmostAnonymous5839">AlmostAnonymous5839 2008-08-03 01:48|| 2008-08-03 01:48|| Front Page Top

#2 You know how you tell a Nuke worker in the bathroom? He's the guy who washes his hands first then pees. Health-Physics 101.

Posted by Jack is Back!">Jack is Back! 2008-08-03 04:22|| 2008-08-03 04:22|| Front Page Top

#3 Radiation too small to be considered harmful but just right for stirring up Godzilla!

Posted by regular joe 2008-08-03 07:35|| 2008-08-03 07:35|| Front Page Top

#4 Hell! Who hasn't leaked a little radiation while on shore leave in Japan!

Posted by Lampedusa Glack5566 2008-08-03 09:11|| 2008-08-03 09:11|| Front Page Top

#5 "less than half a microcurie"
Equivalent to less than one microgram of radium. A typical radium-dial watch (common until the late 1960's) might have contained approximately 0.1 microcuries, so that's less than ten watches worth. So this Japanese hysteria is pretty much nonsense. Now for the watch dial painters who were licking their brush tips to keep the points sharp, that's another story.

Posted by Darrell 2008-08-03 10:13|| 2008-08-03 10:13|| Front Page Top

#6 Japanese commercial reactors have leaked more...

Posted by M. Murcek">M. Murcek 2008-08-03 10:24|| 2008-08-03 10:24|| Front Page Top

#7 It's possible this was controlled pure water. Unless someone screwed up a tag out.

Posted by penguin 2008-08-03 11:48|| 2008-08-03 11:48|| Front Page Top

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