I like this guy.

Platapus · 03-11-11, 05:45 PM

For you DIY types who are "handy with tools"

Want your kid to win that science competition?

Great for breaking the ice at parties.

TorpX · 03-11-11, 06:11 PM

I wondered how North Korea get their program off the ground.
Now I know.

Did you notice how he was handling most of that stuff bare handed?

Platapus · 03-11-11, 06:19 PM

The radiation is not the worry, it is the handling of the metals that would concern me.

TorpX · 03-11-11, 06:38 PM

Years ago, I worked for a materials testing company. They trained us field techs to use a nuclear density guage; I forget who manufactured them. We were given all sorts of cautions and proceedures related to the radiation hazards. I think the radiation source was cesium. The theoretical stuff was interesting, but as it turned out I hardly ever touch one. I wonder about the precautions they must take with them now (this was before 9/11).

jumpy · 03-11-11, 07:10 PM

I love the chirpy way the commentary works

"If the reactor is working, you can now make plutonium!"

Platapus · 03-11-11, 07:18 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by jumpy

I love the chirpy way the commentary works

"If the reactor is working, you can now make plutonium!"

Yeah, that was a bit of a reach. It is pretty difficult to make 239PU out of 232TH too.

Growler · 03-11-11, 07:14 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by TorpX

Years ago, I worked for a materials testing company. They trained us field techs to use a nuclear density guage; I forget who manufactured them. We were given all sorts of cautions and proceedures related to the radiation hazards. I think the radiation source was cesium. The theoretical stuff was interesting, but as it turned out I hardly ever touch one. I wonder about the precautions they must take with them now (this was before 9/11).

Reminds me of the stories I used to hear about the state troopers who used the first gen radar guns. Apparently, the lads used to rest the guns in their laps when they weren't pointing them out of the vehicle; the devices allegedly caused several of the troopers' sterilization from radiation exposure to their swimmer factories.

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, 05:45 PM	#1
Platapus Fleet Admiral Join Date: Oct 2006 Posts: 19,361 Downloads: 63 Uploads: 0	I like this guy. For you DIY types who are "handy with tools" Want your kid to win that science competition? Great for breaking the ice at parties. __________________ abusus non tollit usum - A right should NOT be withheld from people on the basis that some tend to abuse that right.

03-11-11, 06:11 PM	#2
TorpX Silent Hunter Join Date: Sep 2010 Posts: 3,975 Downloads: 153 Uploads: 11	I wondered how North Korea get their program off the ground. Now I know. Did you notice how he was handling most of that stuff bare handed?

03-11-11, 06:19 PM	#3
Platapus Fleet Admiral Join Date: Oct 2006 Posts: 19,361 Downloads: 63 Uploads: 0	The radiation is not the worry, it is the handling of the metals that would concern me. __________________ abusus non tollit usum - A right should NOT be withheld from people on the basis that some tend to abuse that right.

03-11-11, 07:10 PM	#5
jumpy Admiral Join Date: May 2003 Location: Midlands, UK Posts: 2,139 Downloads: 22 Uploads: 0	I love the chirpy way the commentary works "If the reactor is working, you can now make plutonium!" __________________ when you’ve been so long in the desert, any water, no matter how brackish, looks like life

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.

03-11-11, 06:38 PM	#4
TorpX Silent Hunter Join Date: Sep 2010 Posts: 3,975 Downloads: 153 Uploads: 11	Years ago, I worked for a materials testing company. They trained us field techs to use a nuclear density guage; I forget who manufactured them. We were given all sorts of cautions and proceedures related to the radiation hazards. I think the radiation source was cesium. The theoretical stuff was interesting, but as it turned out I hardly ever touch one. I wonder about the precautions they must take with them now (this was before 9/11).