Re: Chernobyl
 

I'm curious to how they can continue to operate the other 3 reactors. Is it because their shielded against radiation - so they're not as affected by their proximity to the accident site as say, the town was? Or is the accident site less radioactive because of the absorbing materials they dumped on it?

Re: Chernobyl
 

I would love to have the money and time to do something like this for my hobbies.

Re: Chernobyl
 

Interesting development: Apparently the motorcycle story was a fake... or at least an exagerration:
http://www.uer.ca/forum_showthread.a...&threadid=8951

Re: Chernobyl
 

<font size="2" face="sans-serif, arial, verdana">Well, there's no particular reason the equipment wouldn't work unless there was physical damage.

Close the connections to the bad reactor and replace any nessesary parts...
Then its just a matter of getting people to go to work in that environment.

Re: Chernobyl
 

In America, and I think other countries, radiation workers have a much higher limit on the amount of radiation they can recieve.

Both limits are way below the hair falling out stage, but the general population limit or "Safe" level is much lower.

Re: Chernobyl
 

http://www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/doc-co...health/active/


edit: Please! Radiation limits for everyone are safe.

[ May 29, 2004, 03:15: Message edited by: Slick ]