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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.
Might be. If the reactor was recently defueled, especially, might there be more junk floating in the water? If said junk was alpha- or beta-emitting, it could be enough of a danger for cancer.
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TFA says: “The individual was decontaminated by radiation protection personnel but had 300 counts per minute detected in their hair. At 1632 EDT they were sent off site to seek medical attention.” Apparently they do have concerns.
300 counts per minute is nothing, almost indistinguishable from standing in a grocery store.
Why is this interesting? Workers gets injured all the time and sometimes even die on various accidents in all industries and nobody ever talk about it. Is this anti-nuclear propaganda?
If you're asking why it's interesting for HN, I think it's actually because people are fascinated with nuclear, in a positive way.
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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.
Wow, people are really clueless about how nuclear power plants really work. They literally wrote up a safety report and transported them off-site.
Wow, people are really clueless about how to avoid reacting angrily. It's funny to append "they were wearing a life vest" to "they had a nuclear safety accident"
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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.
TFA says: “The individual was decontaminated by radiation protection personnel but had 300 counts per minute detected in their hair. At 1632 EDT they were sent off site to seek medical attention.” Apparently they do have concerns.
Is he going to die no matter what or is this survivable?
He will be fine. He might not still have his job in a few months but other that, he will be fine. 300 CPM isn't even close to dangerous. You get a higher dose every time you fly in an airplane, or go to La Paz, Bolivia.
Hopefully the worker is okay. I have to agree that the non-emergency classification seems odd. This should warrant a proper investigation and steps to avoid this in the future.
They returned to work the next day with minor injuries due to the fall. It doesn't sound like it was an emergency to me.
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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"
it's actually important - close to the surface, the radiation should be mostly all filtered out by the water already. the deeper you get, the worse for you. I assume the first second was critical.
The usual reason for this is it keeps your mouth from being far from the air. In this case it also helps because the radioactive stuff is close to the bottom. And exposure depends on distance from the bottom.
Man in Michigan potentially exposed to radiation levels equivalent to undergoing 4 x-rays at the doctors office. Meanwhile, in Texas, 1.5 people die every day working in Oil and Gas extraction. A few people die every year installing or falling off of wind turbines. But by all means, let's make this a news story instead and keep making nuclear sound scary. I’m sure the person who posted this to HN with this clickbait…
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