In the late 40's it was trendy in medicine to have people soak I guess gamma rays from an X-ray machine if what ever ailed you.My uncle in 49 or 50 when he was about 7 years old they did that to him for some thing not sure what it was a cold maybe as it was around his neck.

Well in the early 70's he started having thyroid problems so they took samples of his thyroid and sent them to experts on radiation caused cancers in Hiroshima Japan who where at the time and I assume still are the leading experts.They advised that the entire thyroid be removed. He has never had any problems since.

X-Ray machines emit X-Ray radiation. :up:

Well you also have for use on non living things gamma ray machines.they use those to inspect for cracks in aircraft landing gear,wing spars stuff like that.I friend did that job (NDI non destructive inspection) in the USAF.

During NCO school we had to do a presentation about our job his was pretty interesting.One of those gamma ray machines could kill a horse in 30 seconds he might have exaggerated that part a little to make everyone laugh but you do not want to get exposed to the rays they emit.They have a way to block the rays so that they do not go very far.

They use Gamma ray machines to inspect trucks and things at boarders and ports.I always wonder they must somehow verify that no people are hidden inside the object to be inspected.I have seen photos that imply other wise.I suppose they shut the machine off right away if they see people inside.

I'm just going to leave this here:

http://gizmodo.com/5869753/once-upon...n-the-dark-sex


It was quite effective at stopping fertilisation though... :hmmm:

Any old photographers here?

Some lenses made in the 1940-1970's contained Thorium Oxide.

http://camerapedia.wikia.com/wiki/Radioactive_lenses

Brings a glow to the cheeks... not the model's, but the photographer's :o

"keep your eye on the little Beta Particle"

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3ozOMssiP2E

That makes me think of Fallout.

This story generates a wide what IF?

Have tried to speculate in the aftermath if this hydrobomb went off

Of course the would be millions of dead people directly and after due to radiation

Would it have any influent on the American nuclear program?
a.s.o

Markus

Not millions, at most about 10,000. The area was very rural, it was night-time and raining so most people were indoors, the wind would have blown the fallout off to the east, out to sea and whilst there would be a period of chaos as the US tries to work out what just happened, the fact that there was only one explosion, in a completely non-essential location, would mean that they would quickly realise that it wasn't the Soviet Union.

The social and political aftermath would likely have been pretty extreme, it would have given Greenpeace and CND fuel for decades to come, the anti-nuclear lobby in the US would be even stronger, there would be a lot of public outcry and perhaps a ban on non-essential B-52 flights, although that would be pretty extreme and unlikely to fly (pardon the pun).
North Carolina would have a reasonable sized no-go zone for a few decades afterwards, much in the same way that a good sized portion of Nevada has a no-go zone but life would go on, just as it does in Las Vegas, despite the city being right next to, and indeed, built for the purpose of viewing, one of the US's main nuclear weapons testing grounds.