Article

2023-07-24 Science & Technology

Radioactive Fallout from the Trinity Nuclear Test Impacted 46 U.S. States, Study Finds

Archived material is restricted to Rantburg regulars and members. If you need access email fred.pruitt=at=gmail.com with your nick to be added to the members list. There is no charge to join Rantburg as a member.

Posted by Besoeker 2023-07-24 00:00|| || Front Page|| [14 views ] Top

#1 I met a fellow who retired as an Army O-5 in '65, who was one of the "volunteers" to be upwind of a nuke blast in Nevada in the '50's. The government regularly checked on him for effects of that blast throughout his life.

Posted by Besoeker 2023-07-24 01:43|| 2023-07-24 01:43|| Front Page Top

#2 Dad grew up in Fallon, NV. Died of a glioblastoma. Always wondered if there was a link

Posted by Frank G 2023-07-24 06:44|| 2023-07-24 06:44|| Front Page Top

#3 to be upwind of a nuke blast

Poss meant 'downwind'.

Posted by Skidmark 2023-07-24 07:54|| 2023-07-24 07:54|| Front Page Top

#4 We grew up "down wind", should have shown up in retarded life expectancy in the population by now. Another the sky is falling exercise. Far more people have died of other things in the interim than your ability to discretely show the effects of open air radiation down wind other than in the immediate area of the tests.

Posted by Procopius2k 2023-07-24 07:59|| 2023-07-24 07:59|| Front Page Top

#5 Genetic predisposition is also a factor. That with environmental insult added will probably not go well. Then you meet the 88 year old guy who's been smoking filterless since he was 9.

Posted by M. Murcek 2023-07-24 08:09|| 2023-07-24 08:09|| Front Page Top

#6 /\ Perhaps Chernobyl in 1986 was simply another example of Russian paranoia ?

Posted by Besoeker 2023-07-24 08:20|| 2023-07-24 08:20|| Front Page Top

#7 I ran the Nellis AFB desert northeast of Mercury, NV for a number of years. Developed a condition we called alligator skin. When exposed skin tans, dries and cracks, generally my legs. For the longest time I thought it was due to hot sun and low humidity but guys that ran in pants didn't get it, nor exposed arms and faces.

Later I learned of alpha particle decay and radiation dermatitis from the dust I kicked up running. Can't imagine what I breathed.

Posted by Skidmark 2023-07-24 10:17|| 2023-07-24 10:17|| Front Page Top

#8 I was wondering what Godzilla was doing in NM...

Posted by Regular joe 2023-07-24 16:12|| 2023-07-24 16:12|| Front Page Top

#9 My late FIL was w/ SAC (7th Bomb Wing) and flew on B-36 out of Carswell during those times. He was part of two missions that were sent thru the mushroom clouds in the 50’s to study affects on men and machine. Said it was the most beautiful, terrifying mixture of green and orange colors he’d ever seen.

Side note - I attended one of the group’s last reunions and had a grand time just listening and seeing these gentlemen. At my table, were a couple of fellas involved w/ Flying Tigers, a person who was on recon flight over Hiroshima or Nagasaki day after for damage photos and several B—17 personnel that had transferred after WWII into LeMay’s flying circus of Nuke bombers. Salute!

Posted by Everyday a Wildcat (KSU) 2023-07-24 22:27|| 2023-07-24 22:27|| Front Page Top

23:39 Elmoluling Gling2701
23:30 Skidmark
23:20 Skidmark
23:15 Skidmark
23:13 Skidmark
23:10 Skidmark
22:56 Matt
22:38 Bertie Grundy4999
22:27 Everyday a Wildcat (KSU)
22:26 NoMoreBS
21:57 Silentbrick
21:55 Silentbrick
20:59 lord garth
20:32 jpal
20:17 Super Hose
19:52 M. Murcek
19:20 Super Hose
19:14 jpal
19:08 Abu Uluque
19:04 Abu Uluque
18:51 Crusader
18:37 M. Murcek
18:34 M. Murcek
18:30 Super Hose