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My understanding is that reactor and waste pools are some of the least radioactive environments as they are constantly monitored for leakage.
Possibly, but I wouldn't think "least radioactive environments in a nuclear reactor" is a low bar. I don't know, though.
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My understanding is that reactor and waste pools are some of the least radioactive environments as they are constantly monitored for leakage.
Possibly, but I wouldn't think "least radioactive environments in a nuclear reactor" is a low bar. I don't know, though.
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dunno if the life vest bit comment of yours was sarcastic, but it is a funny remark for sure :-) it sounds like "guy felt down in a volcano, but fortunately, he had a life vest"
My understanding is that reactor and waste pools are some of the least radioactive environments as they are constantly monitored for leakage.
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dunno if the life vest bit comment of yours was sarcastic, but it is a funny remark for sure :-) it sounds like "guy felt down in a volcano, but fortunately, he had a life vest"
Wow, people are really clueless about how nuclear power plants really work. It's really not that dangerous to fall into the water.
If said junk was alpha- or beta-emitting, it could be enough of a danger for cancer.
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dunno if the life vest bit comment of yours was sarcastic, but it is a funny remark for sure :-) it sounds like "guy felt down in a volcano, but fortunately, he had a life vest"
My understanding is that reactor and waste pools are some of the least radioactive environments as they are constantly monitored for leakage.
I hope I'm misremembering that but it's a pretty strong memory that totally locked in for me that that water is not necessarily dangerous.
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My understanding is that reactor and waste pools are some of the least radioactive environments as they are constantly monitored for leakage.
Also, it is fully demineralised water to avoid neutron capture.
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Wow, people are really clueless about how nuclear power plants really work. It's really not that dangerous to fall into the water.
The zeitgeist has been anti-nuclear for so many decades, fear pops up around any topic that's at all adjacent to a reactor.
Why didn't they shave off the hair and measure again before sending off to medical? They have the opportunity to report lower numbers, and would enable identifying non-hair-adsorbed radiatioactive matter on the subject. It sounds so easy and actionable it boggles the mind that it's not part of the protocol.
I thought this as well but given some other comments the measures numbers are open to interpretation/ spread. Also it could be considered a violation of the person's body if done without his consent.
the thing is that this type of "violation" can easily be prevented by including the obligatory showering or shaving as part of the contract, so either they consent or they didn't end up in a position where they can be exposed to radioactive matter.
So this can not explain why the hair wasn't shaved.