Navy sailors have radiation sickness after Japan rescue
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Re: Navy sailors have radiation sickness after Japan rescue
#2Of all groups you'd hope to be able to detect and protect their staff against radiation, wouldn't the US Navy be fairly near the top of the list?
Much as TEPCO may be at fault over the actual reactor the sailors being exposed unnecessarily sounds more like Naval negligence.
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#3Out of related curiosity, weren't there efforts to ban Geiger counters in the US post-9/11? Were any laws enacted?
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#4Negligence triumphed over excellence this time...
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#5As the reactors have now dumped thousands of tons of nuclear runoff water into the ocean which then drifts to the North American West Coast, is this not something we should be much more aware of and acting to protect against?
Is the US West Coast at danger of increased incidence rates of radiation related illness?
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#6As the reactors have now dumped thousands of tons of nuclear runoff water into the ocean which then drifts to the North American West Coast, is this not something we should be much more aware of and acting to protect against? Is the US West Coast at danger of increased incidence rates of radiation related illness?
>Is the US West Coast at danger of increased incidence rates of radiation related illness?
No.
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#7As the reactors have now dumped thousands of tons of nuclear runoff water into the ocean which then drifts to the North American West Coast, is this not something we should be much more aware of and acting to protect against? Is the US West Coast at danger of increased incidence rates of radiation related illness?
The answer is no, it is not even close to something we should be worried about.
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#8Of all groups you'd hope to be able to detect and protect their staff against radiation, wouldn't the US Navy be fairly near the top of the list? Much as TEPCO may be at fault over the actual reactor the sailors being exposed unnecessarily sounds more like Naval negligence.
Yeah. It does say that
> By the time the Reagan realized it was contaminated and tried to shift location, the radioactive plume had spread too far to be quickly outrun. > > “We have a multimillion-dollar radiation-detection system, but . . . it takes time to be set up and activated,” Cooper said.
But... if you're on the coast helping deal with the tsunami damage like them and then a nuclear disaster starts, setting it up & activating it seems like a priority task.
Re: Navy sailors have radiation sickness after Japan rescue
#9As the reactors have now dumped thousands of tons of nuclear runoff water into the ocean which then drifts to the North American West Coast, is this not something we should be much more aware of and acting to protect against? Is the US West Coast at danger of increased incidence rates of radiation related illness?
The answer is no, it is not even close to something we should be worried about.
Is that because it's going to be diluted to unnoticeable levels even near the origin?
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#10A failed multimillion-dollar radiation-detection system. Why didn't they have this activated?
"The toxic seawater was sucked into the ship’s desalinization system, flowing out of its faucets and showers — still radioactive — and into the crew member’s bodies."