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Originally Posted by teedubya
Well whoever the Australian Radiation Services are, they put it together. Pretty graphic though, eh?  |
Let's put it this way:
The most dangerous particles are also those that are the most short-lived (in the event of civilian nuclear accidents).
However, let's apply the 7:10 rule.
Say that this is as bad as the Chernobyl meltdown. The reactor core was putting out 30,000 rads per hour after the explosion. Well, 7 hours later, said reactor would have been putting out 3,000.
49 hours later (two days roughly), it would have been putting out 300
343 hours later (two weeks), it would be putting out 30 rads/per hour.
So, about 392 hours after the initial meltdown, 17 days, the specific area that had the most radiation of all the spots on Chernobyl was putting out 30 rads/hour.
Now, this is still a very, very dangerous dose.
But let's look at the control room at the same time:
3-5 rads/hour after the explosion. .5 rads at 7 hours, .05 rads at two days, .005 rads/hour at 17 days.
Now, given that if this blows up it will be a much smaller "leak" and given the distance that it has to travel, are you really terribly worried about this?