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Xipe Totec

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30. That would be true if the reactors were active and thus the highest source of radiation

Reply to PamW (Reply #29)

Sat Feb 23, 2013, 08:35 PM

Feb 2013

But if the reactors are shut down and the entire facility is radioactive, then there is no focused source of radiation.

But, then again, I'm not a trained nuclear engineer, just a curious laymen so, grain of salt & all...

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That would be true if the reactors were active and thus the highest source of radiation Xipe Totec Feb 2013 #30

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