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Re: A worker fell into a nuclear reactor pool

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Post by mewpmewp2 »

Traubenfuchs wrote: post #201
anothernewdude wrote: post #112

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Fuck me, is there anything fun that isn't nephrotoxic?

PDE5 (viagra, cyalis) improve the health of the cardiovascular system, thus improve kidney health and I greatly enjoy them. This is well researched and just like with semaglutide I believe a big part of the population should take daily tadalafil. Better cardiovascular health, more erections and many positive downstream effects (lower E:T ratio, weight loss) that are beyond the scope of this comment.

Do you not have any negative side effects? When I tried I felt this tightness and weird headache that I don't otherwise ever experience, brain fog and also nasal symptoms.

Re: A worker fell into a nuclear reactor pool

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Post by iamacyborg »

smokel wrote: post #236
iamacyborg wrote: post #218

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Because of all the other physiological and mental benefits that come from the exercise that the pill won’t give you?

It might be empirically sound, but it does not make a priori sense that exercising a body will improve it. If I use almost any object in the universe frequently, it typically degrades rather than improves. The health benefits of exercise are most likely due to improved blood flow and related physiological effects. In principle, pills could theoretically achieve similar outcomes by enhancing circulation or other under…

In the context of running, physiological benefits I’m familiar with include improvements to bone density and joint health, increased capillarisation and therefore blood flow in the muscles and improved energy efficiency in cells.

I suspect you’re not going to find a pill or combination of pills that can achieve those outcomes. And again, we’re ignoring the mental health benefits.

Re: A worker fell into a nuclear reactor pool

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Post by scns »

rippeltippel wrote: post #182
Brian_K_White wrote: post #121

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That's what I was thinking, but it does look like 300 cpm for a few hours is essentially nothing, or it looks real bad, I can't tell. I found this: Days to receive chronic dose for increase cancer risk of 1 in a 1,000 432 (at 100 CPM) 86 (at 500 CPM) Ok so 300 for an hour (we'll assume the hair is cut off and the exposure either stops or 90% reduces) means no problem. Don't do that every day that's all. But it's from…

What does it mean for airline pilots? From what I read, they are exposed to more than 400 CPM thought the year.

Stewardesses become infertile earlier than women working on the ground.

Re: A worker fell into a nuclear reactor pool

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Post by afiori »

wiz21c wrote: post #229
Animats wrote: post #45

Palisades MI reactor. Currently shut down and de-fueled but a restart of this reactor is apparently underway, with new fuel assemblies being delivered.[1] Worker was wearing a life vest.[2] [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Palisades_Nuclear_Generating_S... [2] https://www.mlive.com/news/2025/10/michigan-nuclear-plant-wo...

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.

Re: A worker fell into a nuclear reactor pool

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Post by contrarian1234 »

Traubenfuchs wrote: post #201
anothernewdude wrote: post #112

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Fuck me, is there anything fun that isn't nephrotoxic?

PDE5 (viagra, cyalis) improve the health of the cardiovascular system, thus improve kidney health and I greatly enjoy them. This is well researched and just like with semaglutide I believe a big part of the population should take daily tadalafil. Better cardiovascular health, more erections and many positive downstream effects (lower E:T ratio, weight loss) that are beyond the scope of this comment.

unfortunately i was surprised that even the generic is kinda pricey to take every day. At the smallest available dose it was 5 usd a pill (last i checked in China)

Re: A worker fell into a nuclear reactor pool

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Post by godelski »

grey413 wrote: post #233
godelski wrote: post #175

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> Why report the ambiguous "300 CPM" instead of an actual dose estimate in mSv/μSv? It is a technical document. It is meant to communicate between experts, not to the public. > Is there any legitimate reason to report CPM instead of dose after a contamination event? It's not nefarious, it is the measurement that they had. CPM is an easier measurement to get. And keep in mind that these notices are just a small part o…

Looking at these bulletins, they appear to be quick summaries of pretty much any nuclear related incident that happens in the US, no matter how minor. I would assume that these are mostly intended for public transparency, and as for a quick reference point for regulatory action. Introductory slide on a PowerPoint sort of material. In that context, I'd guess that the 300 CPM figure is just a signpost that says "we mea…

I think you're over interpreting. Publicly available doesn't mean "for the general public"

Here, take METAR as an example. This is broadcast on open airwaves and every pilot can read this. Here's the latest one from KSFO[0]

  METAR KSFO 260756Z 29004KT 10SM SCT012 BKN042 16/14 A3007 RMK AO2 SLP183 T01610139 401890133
Is this public? Yes

Is the information intended to be given out to the public in a manner in which the general public can interpret? No. It's encoded lol. But you can hear that on the radio and if you're trained (could go to a public library to train yourself) and yeah it makes sense. It is specifically intended to be concise and communicate only the absolute minimum amount of necessary information.

For another example, look at arXiv. Is it public? Yes. Are the papers published there written for the general public? No. They are written for peers.

So yes, it is "public transparency", but not for transparency to people who aren't train in nuclear physics. (Which is what I previously said)

Don't confuse "public" with "for you"

[0] https://aviationweather.gov/data/metar/?ids=KSFO

Re: A worker fell into a nuclear reactor pool

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Post by AstroNutt »

contrarian1234 wrote: post #247
Traubenfuchs wrote: post #201

Earlier quoted context omitted.

PDE5 (viagra, cyalis) improve the health of the cardiovascular system, thus improve kidney health and I greatly enjoy them. This is well researched and just like with semaglutide I believe a big part of the population should take daily tadalafil. Better cardiovascular health, more erections and many positive downstream effects (lower E:T ratio, weight loss) that are beyond the scope of this comment.

unfortunately i was surprised that even the generic is kinda pricey to take every day. At the smallest available dose it was 5 usd a pill (last i checked in China)

I just checked my text from Walmart last week saying my Tadalafil was ready for pickup. It was literally $25.60 for a 30 day supply of 10mg and I currently don't have insurance. 100% out of pocket.

Re: A worker fell into a nuclear reactor pool

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Post by nosianu »

iamacyborg wrote: post #204
Traubenfuchs wrote: post #201

Earlier quoted context omitted.

PDE5 (viagra, cyalis) improve the health of the cardiovascular system, thus improve kidney health and I greatly enjoy them. This is well researched and just like with semaglutide I believe a big part of the population should take daily tadalafil. Better cardiovascular health, more erections and many positive downstream effects (lower E:T ratio, weight loss) that are beyond the scope of this comment.

People should probably try improve their CV health via exercise, rather than pills, wherever possible.

Better than exercise is a better normal lifestyle. Trying to compensate in an hour what went wrong most of the day or week, and with your diet, is far from optimal.

One of many, looking at just one detail (sitting): https://www.health.harvard.edu/staying-healthy/sitting-may-i...

From a personal experience, so it's just a guess, a contributor may be fluid movement in the body. Fluid in blood vessels are pumped directly, but must fluid is not in blood vessels. The heart has a diminishing effect outside the vessels (capillaries have small holes to let water and small molecules through into extracellular space, and then to collect it back, rest goes through the lymphatic system which also drains back into the bloodstream). Muscle and body movement helps. From what I experienced and experimented, just walking did a lot more than running. I focus on this specifically due to personal health experiences that I don't want to go into that let me feel a clear difference, where intensive running did hardly anything but then just walking did, an experiment I performed during a period of my life when "getting stuff out from all over my body" mattered.

Personally, I choose to run only when my brain/body tell me to, when I feel like it. Definitely not when I would have to fight myself to get going. (If your body/brain tells you the opposite then it is what it is, personal feel over generic advice)

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