A worker fell into a nuclear reactor pool
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#3Does anyone have a sense for how significant of a dose of radiation this person got?
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#4I have SOOO many questions, and this report answers SOOO few of them.
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#5Relevant xkcd content: https://what-if.xkcd.com/29/
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#6Apparently it’s fine according to this xkcd: https://youtu.be/EFRUL7vKdU8
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#7> Non Emergency
I guess in a nuclear reactor there is a lingual shift and the word emergency cant be used for just any old 911 call.
Like how Australians apparently call a jellyfish bite "uncomfortable"
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#8Obligatory xkcd (ish)
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#9Apparently it’s fine according to this xkcd: https://youtu.be/EFRUL7vKdU8
It's the reactor cavity in this case, not a nuclear waste storage pool.
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#10This is bad but cavity water radiation is usually very weak. Ingestion could be bad but its not like he swallowed a uranium isotope which would be catastrophic.