Ever swim in a live Nuclear Reactor Pool??

[Analog]

CAMP PENDLETON, Calif. -- Authorities say a worker fell into a reactor pool at the San Onofre nuclear power plant in San Diego County last week but he didn't receive a significant radiation dose.
Southern California Edison spokesman Gil Alexander says the man was leaning over to retrieve a flashlight when he lost his balance and fell into the Unit 2 reactor pool on Jan. 27.
The pool's more than 20 feet deep and holds water that circulates through the reactor core.
Alexander tells the North County Times ( http://bit.ly/w9FzZx) that the worker, who's employed by a private contractor, was wearing a life preserver. He received 5 millirems of radiation.
That's not considered a major dose and he went back to work the same day.
By comparison, a chest X-ray provides about a 4-millirem dose.



http://www.sacbee.com/2012/02/03/4236855/san-onofre-nuke-plant-work-falls.html

 

[brianmanahan]

did you see the part where it said his radiation dosage was only %20 more than a chest xray?

or do you only look at the pictures?

 

[DrPizza]

did you see the part where it said his radiation dosage was only %20 more than a chest xray?

or do you only look at the pictures?

Analog is a pretty smart guy. He posted that the guy received a 5 millirem dose, compared to 4 millirems in an x-ray. I think the math is pretty trivial to him. Which, by the way, is 25% more.

 

[Matthiasa]

A little surprised the water was cool enough to not do bad things.
But I suppose it's circulated often enough to keep it cool.

 

[T_Yamamoto]

A little surprised the water was cool enough to not do bad things.
But I suppose it's circulated often enough to keep it cool.

Well duh xD don't want it to be fukushima (I'm Japanese so I can make that joke)

 

[brianmanahan]

Analog is a pretty smart guy. He posted that the guy received a 5 millirem dose, compared to 4 millirems in an x-ray. I think the math is pretty trivial to him. Which, by the way, is 25% more.

nope its 20% less

also i doubt he could match wits with my intellect

 

[Red Squirrel]

That water looks very attractive to go take a swim in. Something about the crisp bright blue color.

 

[amish]

nope it's 20% less.

also, i doubt he could match wits with my intellect.

dude. divide 5 by 4. what do you get?

also, it would be hard to match your intellect when you have poor grammar and punctuation.

 

[Nebor]

nope its 20% less

also i doubt he could match wits with my intellect

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[InverseOfNeo]

nope its 20% less

also i doubt he could match wits with my intellect

Which is different than 20% more. You said it was 20% more, which is wrong. The chest x-ray is 25% more than what he received - which DrPizza corrected you on. What he received is, indeed, 20% less than a chest x-ray.

 

[MotionMan]

did you see the part where it said his radiation dosage was only %20 more than a chest xray?

nope its 20% less

5 is 25% more than 4 (1 is 25% of 4).

4 is 20% less than 5 (1 is 20% of 5).

MotionMan

 

[Bateluer]

Yes, I'd like to swim some laps. #hardcore

 

[brianmanahan]

5 is 25% more than 4 (1 is 25% of 4).

4 is 20% less than 5 (1 is 20% of 5).

MotionMan

yes that is exactly what i have said

 

[Bignate603]

5 is 25% more than 4 (1 is 25% of 4).

4 is 20% less than 5 (1 is 20% of 5).

MotionMan

yes that is exactly what i have said

Let's check your previous post...

did you see the part where it said his radiation dosage was only %20 more than a chest xray?

or do you only look at the pictures?

Looks like he was right. Also, who puts the % before the number?

 

[Gibsons]

Eight posts about how different 5 and 4 are?

Yep, it's atot.

 

[brianmanahan]

Looks like he was right.

oops i meant less! i dindt notice i had messed up

Also, who puts the % before the number?

anyone who knows how symbols work?

 

[MotF Bane]

nope its 20% less

also i doubt he could match wits with my intellect

lmao

 

[janas19]

That water looks very attractive to go take a swim in. Something about the crisp bright blue color.

In Soviet Russia, you swim in nuclear pool.

 

[busydude]

I bet that water would be at the right temperature too!

 

[foghorn67]

"Everywhere I go, I think of her...."

 

[Jodell88]

"Everywhere I go, I think of her...."

Where is that reactor located? They're just asking for trouble.

 

[911paramedic]

5 is 25% more than 4 (1 is 25% of 4).

4 is 20% less than 5 (1 is 20% of 5).

MotionMan

Thank you, I hate when people talk about apples and oranges like that.

(Like that extra dollar at the hotel math question, it's apples and oranges and that's what makes it work.)

 

[Ichinisan]

Where is that reactor located? They're just asking for trouble.

An optimal location would be by the ocean, where there's an infinite source of cold water.

It's on the pacific coast, north of San Diego. I've driven by a few times. I got the movie reference earlier in this thread.

 

[Matthiasa]

Well duh xD don't want it to be fukushima (I'm Japanese so I can make that joke)

Temperatures that would be plenty safe for the plant could still be high enough to kill someone fairly quickly.

 

[reallyscrued]

5 is 25% more than 4 (1 is 25% of 4).

4 is 20% less than 5 (1 is 20% of 5).

MotionMan