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TorpX · 03-11-11, 07:32 PM

We were issued film badges to monitor our exposure when we checked out a unit. I never heard of anybody suffering from exposure though. The units were rather well constructed and heavy. We were told to call some gov number if there was an accident with it. I hated having to carry one around. They were kind of like a 40lb. barbell with all the weight on one end.

We had a park, not too far from where I live, that had been the site of a factory that used thorium back in WWII. Years later they decided it needed to be "cleaned up". I always wondered if it would have been better just to leave whatever cantamination was there in the ground rather than dig everything up. If that guy can handle thorium so casually, it couldn't be too hazardous.

03-11-11, 07:32 PM	#8
TorpX Silent Hunter Join Date: Sep 2010 Posts: 3,975 Downloads: 153 Uploads: 11	We were issued film badges to monitor our exposure when we checked out a unit. I never heard of anybody suffering from exposure though. The units were rather well constructed and heavy. We were told to call some gov number if there was an accident with it. I hated having to carry one around. They were kind of like a 40lb. barbell with all the weight on one end. We had a park, not too far from where I live, that had been the site of a factory that used thorium back in WWII. Years later they decided it needed to be "cleaned up". I always wondered if it would have been better just to leave whatever cantamination was there in the ground rather than dig everything up. If that guy can handle thorium so casually, it couldn't be too hazardous.