To: buccaneer81
This is important for anyone inclined to panic:
As you may have already heard, radioactivity was detected on 17 personnel from our ship, however, we promptly took the proper precautions and the radioactivity was easily removed by using soap and water. The levels that were detected were very low levels.
18 posted on
03/14/2011 3:43:43 AM PDT by
SE Mom
(Proud mom of an Iraq war combat vet)
To: SE Mom
This part was useful as well- "To put this into perspective, the maximum radiation dose received was equal to the amount of natural background radiation one would receive in one month from sources such as rocks, soil and the sun."
23 posted on
03/14/2011 4:00:37 AM PDT by
driftdiver
(I could eat it raw, but why do that when I have a fire.)
To: SE Mom
Exactly, thank you. :)
And thanks for the excellent post. Glad to see I was right that they managed to avert a core meltdown.
81 posted on
03/14/2011 5:39:43 AM PDT by
BenKenobi
(Don't expect to build up the weak by pulling down the strong. - Silent Cal)
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