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Environment & Energy

NMDemDist2

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3. since i live very close to there, i have been keeping a VERY close eye on the situation

Reply to kristopher (Original post)

Sat Mar 1, 2014, 09:56 PM

Mar 2014

the workers got a tiny dose, much less than a chest e-ray. WIPP has a policy 'anything over a zero reading is too much'

it's a great philosophy, but it makes the headlines sound much worse than it is

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(13) Workers at Nuclear Waste Site in New Mexico Inhaled Radioactive Materials [View all] kristopher Mar 2014 OP

Just lovely Demeter Mar 2014 #1

Makes me think of Karen Silkwood. LiberalEsto Mar 2014 #2

since i live very close to there, i have been keeping a VERY close eye on the situation NMDemDist2 Mar 2014 #3

Any ratioactive particle in the lungs is not good madokie Mar 2014 #4

Well, dosing in this case isn't a one time and it's gone event. kristopher Mar 2014 #5

Some specifics for plutonium and americium caraher Mar 2014 #6

Thanks. kristopher Mar 2014 #7

One way is by measuring the excretion rate and change in time. Yo_Mama Mar 2014 #8

At this stage such an estimate would be challenging caraher Mar 2014 #9