What's really laughable about that, Scrappy, is that almost all of the major radiation exposure incidents have been on the nuclear medicine side. Not only have there been the incidents you've read about in which people got many times the radiation they were supposed to, but medical facilities tend to be sloppy with their nuclear material, at least by nuclear power standards. One of the worst exposure incidents happened when a radioactive source from an X-ray machine ended up in scrap metal, which then became radioactive table legs and other steel items.
Xander: I still don't get why we came here to get info about a killer snot monster. Giles: Because it's a killer snot monster from outer space. I did not say that.
'Never Leave Me'
Natter 68: Bork Bork Bork
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
Ginger - Mar 28, 2011 7:44:31 am PDT #639 of 30001
"It didn't taste good. It tasted soooo horrible. It tasted like....a vodka martini." - Matilda
DavidS - Mar 28, 2011 7:46:46 am PDT #640 of 30001
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
I think the whole world would be able to live in peace and harmony if only there were more nacho fountains.
Trufax: melted cheese equals world peace.
The radio was telling me this morning that Japan's crisis will affect plans for a nuclear buildup in India.
I just don't know what India and Japan are going to do for power without the nuclear. The environmental impact of China's industrial revolution (mostly coal fueled) has been huge and ugly.
In short, abortions for some, miniature solar panels for others.
DavidS - Mar 28, 2011 7:47:34 am PDT #641 of 30001
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
which then became radioactive table legs and other steel items.
Wacky and horrifying! Worthy of the Simpsons, or possibly the Oblongs.
Steph L. - Mar 28, 2011 7:51:04 am PDT #642 of 30001
Unusually and exceedingly peculiar and altogether quite impossible to describe
I think the whole world would be able to live in peace and harmony if only there were more nacho fountains.
Trufax: melted cheese equals world peace.
Although I know that a nacho fountain means the delicious melted cheese product is what comes out of the fountain, what the phrase "nacho fountain" *actually* makes me envision is a contraption that shoots tortilla chips out of the top, where they cascade down to earth, occasionally poking out the eye of someone who stood too close.
Jesse - Mar 28, 2011 7:51:11 am PDT #643 of 30001
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
There was a local news story this morning about finding radiation from Japan in some water, but not enough to matter, and not in the drinking water reservoirs. OK, great. Why is that worthy of comment??
hippocampus - Mar 28, 2011 7:52:51 am PDT #644 of 30001
not your mom's socks.
Happy Belated Birthdays Allyson & Grace and Noah!
Much ~ma for your dad, Sue.
SuziQ - what everyone said.
ok, it's Monday today, right?
§ ita § - Mar 28, 2011 7:54:19 am PDT #645 of 30001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
I can't envision a nacho fountain, and I find I don't want to.
I still can't think of anything other than pictures right now. It's almost creeping me out.
Jesse - Mar 28, 2011 7:55:35 am PDT #646 of 30001
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
Oh, Steph, did you see that the guy who gay-bashed my friend in Covington got convicted last week?
Steph L. - Mar 28, 2011 7:56:23 am PDT #647 of 30001
Unusually and exceedingly peculiar and altogether quite impossible to describe
Oh, Steph, did you see that the guy who gay-bashed my friend in Covington got convicted last week?
No! Right on! That is excellent.
Jesse - Mar 28, 2011 7:58:19 am PDT #648 of 30001
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
Indeed.