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mags
May 30, 2008

I am a congenital optimist.
Coal releases more radiation and is therefore better

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mags
May 30, 2008

I am a congenital optimist.

Hodgepodge posted:

i trust the workers, but not capital

the us navy provides an excellent example of how safe nuclear power can be in the hands of public servants; if you can maintain a perfect safety record for reactors in loving submarines you can do it on land in normal buildings

haha you think their record is perfect

mags
May 30, 2008

I am a congenital optimist.

Nebakenezzer posted:

Dude's right, aside from Thresher there's literally no record of even a minor nuclear accident happening in the US Navy. They are really drat good at nuclear power. For that matter, if you exclude the Soviets/Russians the safety record in Naval projects generally is fantastic

I was in the navy nuclear program from 02 - 08

mags
May 30, 2008

I am a congenital optimist.

Nebakenezzer posted:

Honestly if you know otherwise I'd be interested in hearing

I'm actually unsure what about my service I had to sign a paper saying I wouldn't talk about so I actually immediately regretted making that comment

mags
May 30, 2008

I am a congenital optimist.
Nuclear power is...good?

mags
May 30, 2008

I am a congenital optimist.
better stop eating bananas too

mags
May 30, 2008

I am a congenital optimist.
lotsa potassium in bananas, let me tell you

mags
May 30, 2008

I am a congenital optimist.
http://www.nndc.bnl.gov/chart/

cool interactive chart with nuclide decay types and half-lives, btw

mags
May 30, 2008

I am a congenital optimist.

Salt Fish posted:

Did you know that the longer the half-life the less dangerous a material is? When people talk about nuclear waste with a half-life of millions of years that means it has like 1 fission a year per kilogram.

Sure, if we are looking at acute dosage but we also need to consider exposure time. 1 fission per year per kg sounds extremely low, but have a large quantity of that material and a long enough exposure, somatic exposure goes up. Granted, most of the public just hears half-life and thinks it is a bad thing.

We still need to consider decay length in picking good storage sites.

mags
May 30, 2008

I am a congenital optimist.

Darkman Fanpage posted:

this would be cool if i was a big brain smart guy that knew what any of this meant

it will tell you all of the known isotopes of an element, what its half-life is, and what type of decay it undergoes, the layout of the chart allows you to trace a decay line

mags
May 30, 2008

I am a congenital optimist.

rudatron posted:

Not gonna name names, but it sounds like someone has electrophobia, and by someone I of course mean crazy cloud

mags
May 30, 2008

I am a congenital optimist.

Hodgepodge posted:

i hope to die at the ripe age of 99 when an electric truck carrying organic fair trade coffee strikes me during my afternoon stroll

Not a bad death bah

mags
May 30, 2008

I am a congenital optimist.

mister magpie posted:

Not a bad death bah

Eco friendly and fair trade. Niiice late stage death

mags
May 30, 2008

I am a congenital optimist.
Fukushima and Chernobyl are both really long lists of Goofus dont's over Gallant do's

mags
May 30, 2008

I am a congenital optimist.

whomupclicklike posted:

This too, thank you. I think nuclear energy is good now

:hydrogen:

mags
May 30, 2008

I am a congenital optimist.

Nebakenezzer posted:

Actual bad ideas for nuclear power:











I love all of this stuff.

mags
May 30, 2008

I am a congenital optimist.
Nuke plants more like puke plants

mags
May 30, 2008

I am a congenital optimist.

Lamebot posted:

love the groundwater contamination potential

Just do it under a reservation

mags
May 30, 2008

I am a congenital optimist.

Darkman Fanpage posted:

living underground changes an organism. just look at baloogan.

the morlocks all descended from someone

mags
May 30, 2008

I am a congenital optimist.
I was at a show and some guys said I looked like a dude in a band. asked me about myself. asked about NUCLEAR POWER when I mentioned my old job.

it's amazing how much NUCLEAR POWER knowledge you can remember while high.

mags
May 30, 2008

I am a congenital optimist.

Nebakenezzer posted:

And you won't risk breaking national security for the amusement of several random strangers ITT :sulks:

I didn't mentioned classified stuff. just how it works. any fool can look it up.

mags
May 30, 2008

I am a congenital optimist.
hot rock make steam boat go

mags
May 30, 2008

I am a congenital optimist.
it's still melting down

mags
May 30, 2008

I am a congenital optimist.

crazy cloud posted:

ddon't sign my posts

lol

mags
May 30, 2008

I am a congenital optimist.
cancer owns but I'm a gemini

mags
May 30, 2008

I am a congenital optimist.

amazed it took this long since i assumed any increase in radiation would ofc raise cancer rates

mags
May 30, 2008

I am a congenital optimist.

Fullhouse posted:

lol that was 40 years ago

now do one for fracking runoff

coal plant exhaust

mags
May 30, 2008

I am a congenital optimist.

Irradiation posted:


This is false.

lol

mags
May 30, 2008

I am a congenital optimist.

Irradiation posted:

From the actual article:


Their test group was only 15 people.


This is false.

nucular succ zone

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mags
May 30, 2008

I am a congenital optimist.
somatic exposure doesn't increase cancer rates, who knew?

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