| Posted by SnArF |
9/17/2004 5:23 PM | remove |
So much for keeping radioactive materials away from "terrorists"
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| Posted by CrazyMinerBob |
9/18/2004 5:04 AM | remove |
The beampipe is just contaminated with alpha particles, and wouldn't do a terrorist any good. This is a Department of Energy facility, so you can be sure that any material in sufficiently large qualtites (that a terrorist would presumably use to make a Radiological Dispersal Device, or "dirty bomb") was removed long ago and closely monitored.
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| Posted by greywolf45 |
9/20/2004 6:36 AM | remove |
Hey Bob, i just noticed the radioactive symbol (the yellow and black symbol, on the left-hand side of the sticker). That was the answer to the question in another gallery about this site.Don't know why i didn't notice this before.
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| Posted by mrsleep |
9/28/2004 6:52 PM | remove |
So
Plastic bags stop radiation?
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| Posted by Burzum |
9/28/2004 7:12 PM | remove |
And they keep the lettuce on your sandwiches crisp... what can't they do?
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| Posted by CrazyMinerBob |
9/28/2004 9:15 PM | remove |
Believe it or not, yes. This beampipe is tagged as being alpha contaminated, and alpha particles lose energy quickly enough to be stopped by a thin layer of plastic or a sheet of paper. Alphas can't even make it through a top layer of skin, so they're not harmful externally. If you get one in your lung, however, that's another story.
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| Posted by greywolf45 |
9/29/2004 6:55 AM | remove |
What is in store for all this equipment?
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| Posted by CrazyMinerBob |
9/29/2004 8:43 PM | remove |
Some of the equipment and control systems can be used for other (similar) projects - I've seen some of the LINAC control systems tagged for transport to Brookhaven. Some of the material can be recycled. That which can't be reused or recycled goes to a regular landfill if it's not radioactive, or a special landfill in Nevada if it is. Shielding blocks are often reused, although I don't know of any projects on the Hill or nearby that currently need them.
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| Posted by greywolf45 |
10/1/2004 10:48 AM | remove |
Ok. Thanks Bob.
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| Posted by mohavewolfpup |
12/9/2004 11:25 PM | remove |
Umm, why don't they dump that shit up in the administrative offices at the college? Nevada is not a trash can for nuclear waste! Sticking it underneath the white house would be a start also. I doubt the public wanted nuclear waste, so that is a retarded argument. If you asked a housewife in the 50's what radiation means, and asked today, you probably would get the same reaction. Do we really need this garbage? Dump it on the morons who made the mess, not the unsuspecting public!
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| Posted by BigPoppaMikey |
12/10/2004 5:05 AM | remove |
I thought Nevada was a dump for rad waste? Every company I have ever worked for sent it there...
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| Posted by CrazyMinerBob |
12/10/2004 10:32 PM | remove |
There used to be three commercial operations that accepted rad waste, but Nevada is the only one currently operating as far as I know.
Dane: the Bevalac, as with all of the lab is not owned by the college, it's just administered by it on contract to the Department of Energy. The DOE has ultimate responsibility for the waste. And, unfortunately for the citizens of Nevada, with the passage of the 1987 appropriations bill (aka the "Screw Nevada" bill), Nevada is the resting place for a large portion of the nation's nuclear waste (along with New Mexico and Idaho). I'm not expressing a political opinion, just the facts as I know 'em.
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| Posted by maxt |
10/17/2005 5:13 AM | remove |
Radiation is your friend dude. Really, we need bigger and badder accellerators and colliders! Bring on the progress.
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| Posted by macserv |
7/22/2008 8:13 PM | remove |
Hey, alpha tape!
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