Posted on 03/31/2011 10:08:00 AM PDT by Scythian
Would you care to provide some facts to rebut my statement or are you going to insult me because you have an irrational fear and a great deal of ignorance about radiation?
Read past the headlines to get an education:
“TEPCO says that those without monitors are assigned to low-radiation work, and that safety measures are in place.”
“But how can this be? We have been assured over, and over, and over, and over, and over, that there is no danger.”
Yes, according to people with PhDs etc. all fission stopped when the control rods were inserted on March 11. This is all leftist, anti-nuclear hype directed from the Wahhabbi Whitehouse.
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JNSA reprimanded TEPCO for not having a monitor for every worker, and some workers had to share monitors.
Actually, this is the practice in the United States - one guy (a Health Physics, or HP, technician) surveys the area first...then the rest of the team enters the work area after the risks have been assessed.
Monitors are not dosimetry. Monitors measure the rate of activity in an area. You multiply the rate by the time you will spend in the area to estimate the dose you will receive. Dosimetry measures the actual total amount of dose that one person receives.
If I’m working next to a guy who has a monitor (your article said some teams had to share), I’m going to experience the same dose rate that the rest of the team is, and I’ll know whether or not I’m getting into a hot spot or not.
Look, if you hear a report of a Japanese radworker reaching or exceeding his limit, let me know. Then we’ll discuss whether or not his cancer risk has increased by more than 2%. Radworkers without dosimetry in low dose rate areas and radworkers having to share monitors doesn’t even qualify as health risk; rather it is a violation of Japanese regulations.
Yours is an excellent rational assessment, and I expect you will not be invited to express your knowledge on any major news outlets, including FOX.
The media story on Japan now is “THE 50 WILL DIE!!” One source even speculated “in a few weeks.”
Makes me weary.
I pray that story is wrong.
It’s not a story, because it has not happened yet. That is my point. It is speculation and not grounded in solid fact... as far as I know. Remember, the media were headlining the “imminent meltdown” at Fukushima Daiichi. Never happened.
In addition, there has not been even one confirmed case of radiation sickness, let alone a death from radiation exposure.
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