"REMAIN CALM....ALL IS WELL!!!"
Posted on 01/30/2006 9:32:08 AM PST by STARWISE
Radiation Leak In Jacksonville Building Prompts Evacuations
POSTED: 11:57 am EST January 30, 2006
JACKSONVILLE, Fla. -- Fire-Rescue personnel said that an explosion Monday morning in 7500 bock of Baymeadows Way has resulted in the release of radiation inside a building, according to WJXT-TV.
The Unison Industries building was evacuated and police have blocked streets in the area.
Members of the hazardous material team report picking up radiation with Geiger counters. There's no word on whether anyone was exposed.
Shands-Jacksonville is on level-three alert, standing by for anyone who needs to be decontaminated, but has not been advised how many they should expect.
Unison's Web site, the company makes aviation parts, with power condition and control units made at the company's Jacksonville facility.
http://www.local6.com/news/6591105/detail.html
Public Info Officer for the Jacksonville FD: Kyrpton Gas contamination.
I know that. :-) It just wasn't immediately clear to me why such a company would have radioactive components. Let's just say it was a lack of imagination on my part.
Has all the earmarks of an industrial accident.
"REMAIN CALM....ALL IS WELL!!!"
Superman is down! Superman is down!
While I can see how X-ray machines could be used to examine equipment built after manufacture (as a form of quality control), I don't see how an explosion of an X ray machine could release beta radiation.
I'm not an engineer so I don't know. (my disclaimer) But IIRC, X ray machines don't generate their radiation by beta emissions.
All that said, I'm not too worried. This doesn't sound like a typically desirable terrorist target, after all, with all due respect to those that work there, I doubt they are engaged in anything vital to the country's national interests, and clearly the target wouldn't have emotional value (other than to the families involved of course).
It should be interesting as it develops.
Anyone else wonderning if Jack Bauer has been called to investigate?
X-ray equipment is widely used to screen metal parts for subtle flaws that could cause sudden breakage. This whole thing sounds like it's being blown way out of proportion just because some press release said "release of radiation". The same kind of "release of radiation" could occur with an explosion in a building housing a dentist's office.
Let me add to the hysteria........
WE'RE ALL GOING TO DIE!!!!!!!!!
Industrial accident, not terrorism, Kyrpton gas contamination for about 40 people. Kyrpton gas is non-binding, breath it in , breath it out no residual radiation.
ALL CLEAR TO GET OUT OF THE SHOWER!
The "radiation" could be coming from anything from Analog and Digital gauges. To Ignition Sytems for Jet or Reciprocating Aircraft engines. To Lithium Batteries for Beacons and Black Boxes.
It could also be coming from something else altogether, but we lack inforamation.
It's a HazMat incident so far. Don't go off Half Cocked.
Jack.
I just called my brother; he's okay. MSNBC was just covering this. Said the gas released was not dangers? I was just getting off the phone and missed some of the reporting.
Good luck with reaching your brother and sil, Muleteam.
Who's Hugh? A series of what?
Chill...I overreacted. See post 34.
We've all done it!
X-Ray is common for NDT - Non-Destruct Testing - a common requirement for aircraft subassemblies.
So, yeah, I guess a radioactive source would come into play in a scenario such as this...
(I'm a Quality Engineer in the aircraft industry)
Krypton is used in certain fluorescent lamps and in a flash lamp employed in high-speed photography. Radioactive krypton-85 is useful for detecting leaks in sealed containers, with the escaping atoms detected by means of their radiation.
Muleteam1
Silly, it should be "How hugh and how series?"
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