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Radioactive Man Refused Entry To Russia
Ananova ^ | 10-9-2002

Posted on 10/09/2002 6:26:23 PM PDT by blam

Radioactive man refused entry to Russia

A Chinese man has been refused entry to Russia after he set off a Geiger counter at the border.

Radiation levels from his body registered 200 times higher than normal.

He set off the detector at the border station in the far-eastern Primorye region.

Further checks showed radiation levels were highest around the man's throat.

The man claimed he was taking a special radioactive medication to cure his thyroid gland problems but he was deported back to China as a safety precaution.

Story filed: 09:44 Wednesday 9th October 2002


TOPICS: News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: entry; man; radioactive; refused; russia
Strange.
1 posted on 10/09/2002 6:26:23 PM PDT by blam
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youch
2 posted on 10/09/2002 6:27:55 PM PDT by Texas_Jarhead
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The man claimed he was taking a special radioactive medication to cure his thyroid gland problems....

Must suck to be him.

3 posted on 10/09/2002 6:28:08 PM PDT by martin_fierro
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To: blam
The goggles...they do nothing!!!
4 posted on 10/09/2002 6:29:04 PM PDT by Trailerpark Badass
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5 posted on 10/09/2002 6:29:19 PM PDT by Anti-Bubba182
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To: Trailerpark Badass
I bet his sidekick, Fallout Boy, was let in.
6 posted on 10/09/2002 6:30:56 PM PDT by BikerNYC
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To: blam
Sounds like a new super hero .....Radioactive man
7 posted on 10/09/2002 6:31:45 PM PDT by SouthernFreebird
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To: blam
Up and atom!
8 posted on 10/09/2002 6:36:18 PM PDT by Johnny Shear
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To: BikerNYC
up and at them!
9 posted on 10/09/2002 6:36:37 PM PDT by KantianBurke
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To: blam
My guess: smuggling in some tritium.
10 posted on 10/09/2002 6:36:50 PM PDT by ikka
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To: Trailerpark Badass

"Up and atom." "Up and at them!"

"Up and atom!" "Up and at them!"

"Up and atom!" "Up and at them!"

"Better."

11 posted on 10/09/2002 6:38:32 PM PDT by InvisibleChurch
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To: blam
This is a not so standard way of attacking an over-active thyroid gland. The patient takes I-131 which will collect in the gland and destroy the tissue. (They give iodine out to protect you from fallout) After the procedure you are stuck taking synthroid (or equivalent) for life.
12 posted on 10/09/2002 6:39:41 PM PDT by math=power
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To: blam
Wow. Bruce-Lee Banner!
13 posted on 10/09/2002 6:40:26 PM PDT by Jonah Hex
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To: blam
Ok, where are all the Picture Posting Simpsons Fans?
14 posted on 10/09/2002 6:41:58 PM PDT by Johnny Shear
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I love Free Republic!
15 posted on 10/09/2002 6:42:49 PM PDT by Johnny Shear
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To: Johnny Shear

16 posted on 10/09/2002 7:02:51 PM PDT by Trailerpark Badass
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To: blam
There was a fellow who supposedly fell into the heavy-water of a swimming-pool reactor. He became radioactive. As I recall he used to go around giving lectures. His big joke was that, when he died, he had to be buried as low-level nuclear waste.

I forget the details.

--Boris

17 posted on 10/09/2002 7:15:42 PM PDT by boris
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To: blam
My wife had her thyroid "nuked." She was highly radioactive for a few days. I happened to have a geiger counter. We could track her location upstairs with the geiger counter in the basement. It was a hoot. Her urine was extremely radioactive. It was a few years ago now, so I don't remember how many days she was radioactive, but only a few. But it was fun showing people how radioactive she was by pointing the geiger counter at her. Not that she was amused by that. :-) Yeah, she takes synthetic thyroid stuff now -- and for the rest of her life.
18 posted on 10/09/2002 7:25:53 PM PDT by jlogajan
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Heavy water isn't radioactive. Well, okay, if it is tritium heavy water. But heavy water is usually deuterium heavy water -- which is not radioactive.
19 posted on 10/09/2002 7:27:00 PM PDT by jlogajan
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"Heavy water isn't radioactive. Well, okay, if it is tritium heavy water. But heavy water is usually deuterium heavy water -- which is not radioactive."

You mean we can all go swimming in heavy water in an operating reactor? Cool! I like that blue Cherenkov glow.

--Boris

20 posted on 10/10/2002 7:09:43 AM PDT by boris
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