Yesterday, was 20 years from Chernobyl, nobody talks about that, as they should, what do you think?
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The disaster in Chernobyl was a by-product of the Soviet system, which did not reward the bearer of bad news and did not divulge negative information to the public.  \n\nThe issue in Iran is not relevant.  In the Iranian issue, the debate is centered on weapons-grade fissible production.  The concern isn't whether they can operate a nuclear reactor safely, but rather their intentions for use of nuclear weapons and whether or not they will account for them.\n\nPeople still talk about Chernobyl.  You just don't hang out with people who do.  Current reactor technology is much more advanced and safer that it was.  Also, as indicated earlier, the problem was not a technical one, but a political/sociological one.  It is interesting though, because only 5 years after Chernobyl, the Soviet Union melted down in much the same way Chernobyl did.  One almost has to believe it was inevitable.
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If u are a student , then u should not be lazy in doing your homework etc.  \n\n\nCriticality accidents:\n\nCriticality accidents and power excursions in nuclear reactors, for example the Chernobyl accident. In a smaller scale accident at Sarov a technician working with highly enriched uranium was irradiated while preparing an experiment involving a sphere of fissile material. The Sarov accident is interesting because the system remained critical for many days before it could be stopped, though it was safely located in a shielded experimental hall. This is an example of a limited scope accident where only a few people can be harmed, while no release of radioactivity into the environment occurred. A criticality accident with limited off site release of both radiation (gamma and neutron) and a very small release of radioactivity occurred at Tokaimura in 1999 during the production of enriched uranium fuel .\n\n\nDecay heat:\n\nDecay heat accidents where the heat generated by the radioactive decay causes harm. In a nuclear reactor that has been shut down, a loss of coolant accident can damage the core, for instance at Three Mile Island a recently shutdown PWR reactor was left for a length of time without cooling water. As a result the nuclear fuel was damaged, and the core was partly melted.\n\nTransport:\n\nTransport accidents can cause a release of radioactivity resulting in contamination or shielding to be damaged resulting in direct irradiation. In Cochabamba a defective gamma radiography set was transported in a passenger bus as cargo. The gamma source was outside the shielding, and it irradiated some bus passengers.\n\nIn the United Kingdom, it was revealed in a recent court case that a radiotherapy source was transported from Leeds to Sellafield with defective shielding. The shielding had a gap on the underside. It is thought that no human has been seriously harmed by the escaping radiation.\n\n\nEquipment failure:\n\nEquipment failure is one possible type of accident, recently at Białystok in Poland the electronics associated with a particle accelerator used for the treatment of cancer suffered a malfunction . This then lead to the overexposure of at least one patient. While the initial failure was the simple failure of a semiconductor diode, it set in motion a series of events which led to a radiation injury.\n\n\nHuman error:\n\nHuman error has been responsible for some accidents, for instance a person miscalculated the activity of a teletherapy source. This then lead to patients being given the wrong dose of gamma rays. In the case of radiotherapy accidents, an underexposure is as much an accident as an overexposure as the patients may not get the full benefit of the proscribed treatment. Also, humans have made errors while attempting to service plant and equipment which has resulting in overdoses of radiation, such as the Nevvizh and Soreq irradiator accidents.\n\n\nLost source:\n\nLost source accidents are ones in which a radioactive source is lost, stolen or abandoned. The source then might cause harm to humans or the environment. For example, see the event in Lilo where sources were left behind by the Soviet army. Another case occurred at Yanango where a radiography source was lost, also at Samut Prakarn a cobalt-60 teletherapy source was lost  and at Gilan in Iran a radiography source harmed a welder. The best known example of this type of event is the Goiânia accident which occurred in Brazil.\n\nThe IAEA have provided guides for scrap metal collectors on what a sealed source might look like. The scrap metal industry is the one where lost sources are most likely to be found.\n\n\nOthers:\n\nSome accidents defy classification. These accidents happen when the unexpected occurs with a radioactive source. For instance if a bird grabs a radioactive source containing radium from a windowsill and then was to fly away with it, returning to its nest and then the bird dies shortly afterwards from direct irradiation then i
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I can start with the complete history of my life for those 10 years, or maybe you would like to know what the other 40-50 million people got up to?\n\nNotable moments in UK history for the 1970's\n\nKFC franchises opened (plus several other fast food chains)\nOne of our hottest longest summers since records began\nMy dog got run over (very sad)\nSchool.....\n\nThe list is endless.... and very boring
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I believe Litvinenko was killed by Russia, maybe in conjunction with MI6. Not one other person that ate in that restaurant has been taken ill by Polonium 210. That tells me it was a hit. Since it happened on British soil, B-liar has to take at least some of the blame.
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heres a show we did on depleated uranium http://www.philipdru.com/rokke_stream.html\n\nwe're tryin to bring things like this to peoples attention. tough going though, nobody wants to listen. weve gotten through to some people, makes it worth it. http://scotthortonshow.com/
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Personally I think it was destined to fail to begin with. Look at the methods of control that were used and the rampant corruption within the government. It’s a wonder it managed to stay afloat as long as it did. Reganomics really didn’t have as much to do with the USSR’s collapse as much as the slow attrition of the US economy and the world governments against a rapidly eroding communist regime that was finally becoming aware that their empires threshold of domination was long gone. In short, Reganomics was just the last straw that toppled the ‘evil empire.’ I think the true turning point in the sway of power within the USSR was the nuclear accident at Chernobyl. This upset the greater population to such a degree that the government would never again manage to maintain its sway of power to the effect it once had. The world view of the their government had a major impact and further exposed not only to the world the level of corruption the Russian government had, but also caused the Russian people to become more acutely aware of what the greater overview the world had of their government, and as such for once the Russian people agreed with them wholeheartedly. \n\nAgain in short, Reganomics was just the last straw.
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wow great! first we couldn't verify their nukes \nnow we can't verify their singing.\nwhat the hell is going on with this world ?\n\ndo i loose 5 points for that?\ncrap! that's 10
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A long time ago.  And we haven't dropped any H-bombs on anyone.  Are you confident that certain other governments would show the same restraint?
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About 20 years ago, the gubbernment made a big show of trying to help the Americans who had been exposed to nuclear blasts in the 1950's.  There was even an 800 number to call.  I followed through on all the promises, jumped through the hoops and when they sent me my 'file' it was for someone else.  I returned it along with the necessary notations, and never heard anything again.\n\nLet's see... 1955, that was probably Eniwetok (sp) or Johnson.  those were really dirty... you're lucky to be alive.\n\nI've had cancer, but it's in remission.  My main problem is with the degeneration of my eyes that started when I was in my early 30's. Back then, the yearly allowance on the various Test Sites was 6 Rentgens... today, it's a fraction of that.  Most of the people I worked with on the Nevada Test Site are dead...\n\nScary, ain't it.!
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Ural is not a single mountain, but a whole ridge (like Rockies in US). I haven't heard of a major nuclear disaster there, not even sure if there is a reactor there since there are not that many people live there.\n\nThe big nuclear disaster in Soviet Union was Chernobyl, which is in Ukraine and quite far from Urals. In 1986, a negligent experiment resulted in reactor meltdown, resulting in direct irradiation of immediate surroundings and discharge or radioactive dust into atmoshpere, with winds carrying the fallout as far as Scandinavia. Now the plant is shut down, the reactor is encased in conrete 'sarcophagus', and all the settlements for miles around are abandoned.
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If Mcarthur had used atomic bombs on china it would have been a trajic mistake.Nukes should only be used as an endgame.Although we would have won Korea hands down.In 1945 nobody new the impact that it would make until It was dropped on Hiroshoma and Nagasaki.Although scientists had an idea even they were astonished at its raw power and devestation.The power that is harnessed today is 10 times more than in 1945.The bottom line is that it can and does effect the way we live.The earth is our home and the birthplace of mankind, until someone shows me different.Would you destroy your home or infect it with gauranteed death?I don't think so or you wouldn't be asking this question.I don't beleive we needed it in 45 but what is done is done and can't be undone.Also there was a marked difference between then and.The US was attacked on our own soil.We are still the sleeping giant so nations that advocate the use of Nukes in war should be aware that we have and will use them.In this day we can't afford another PEARL HARBOR.The world has changed and we won't be caught sleeping again.9/11 doesn't enter into the equation.
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well depending on how well it's built, the same thing that would happen to any reactor hear in the US if it core was breached. You would have a radiation leak
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What about it? Who cares what happened in schools 40 years ago. God gives us a chance to live another day: TODAY,NOT YESTERDAY. Don't spend your life being stuck in a time warp. LIVE FOR TODAY!.
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Thers no telling how long the war would have lasted If we had not used the bomb. It likely would have gone on for years, probably killing even more people. The bomb made a very strong statement. Still I understand what you mean. I suppose no one really knows for sure.
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(m)\n\nON THE 6th August 1945, exactly 56 years ago, an atom bomb destroyed Hiroshima. Nagasaki faced devastation three days later. The Imperial Headquarters requested Dr. Y.Nishina (famous for Klein-Nishina formula for Compton scattering of photons) to go to Hiroshima. He concluded that the damage was due to an atomic bomb. \n\nWhen the bombs were dropped, these cities had an estimated population of 310,000 and 250,000 respectively. About 90,000- 140,000 in Hiroshima and 60,000- 80,000 people in Nagasaki died immediately or within two to four months after bombing, resulting from collapse of houses caused by the blast and from heat rays and fires and radiation exposure. In the 1950 Japanese national census, nearly 280,000 persons stated that they "had been exposed" in the two cities. \n\nRadiation fogged X-ray films stored at the Hiroshima Red Cross Hospital. Exposed material became radioactive. Kimura and Tajima of the Institute of Physical and Chemical Research determined that the Hiroshima bomb exploded at a height of 577 m. They used an electric furnace and a carbon arc furnace to simulate charring observed on the surface of a wooden board of Japanese cypress and estimated that the bomb had a radiant energy of 4.6 million million calories. \n\nScientists could enter the bombed area only after 3 to 4 weeks because of frequent typhoons. They measured higher radiation levels due to induced radioactivity near the epicentre. Additional radiation levels were 10-15 per cent of the natural background. \n\nOn November 18, 1946 Harry Truman authorised the National Research Council to establish an agency "to undertake a long range, continuing study of the biological and medical effects of the atomic bomb on man". This organisation grew into the Atomic Bomb Casualty Commission (ABCC). ABCC continued to work till 1975 when Radiation Effects Research Foundation (RERF) was set up as a bi-national endeavour. \n\nMany believe in the myth that birth defects are more common among the children of the survivors of the atomic bombings at Hiroshima and Nagasaki. In my interaction with general physicians and other professional groups the one topic, which elicits maximum queries, is " genetic effects of radiation". Radiation can cause mutations in genes. Mouse and in fruit flies exposed to radiation suffer genetic mutations. The changes may show up in the offspring as colour of the coat, shape of the wings, etc. But such markers are not available in the human species. We require very sophisticated laboratory methods to demonstrate subtle changes in exposed individuals. \n\n\nPhysicians appointed by ABCC examined 76,626 infants conceived and born in Hiroshima and Nagasaki over a period of six years starting from the late spring of 1948. The researchers did not see statistically demonstrable increase in major birth defects in these infants. While the survey started, certain dietary staples were rationed in Japan. Pregnant women had special provisions. Because of this, the surveyors of new-borns could identify 90 per cent of the pregnancies that persisted for at least 20 weeks of gestation. \n\nPhysical examination of the new born and autopsies on as many stillborn infants revealed that neither the frequency of major birth defects nor the frequency of the most common birth defects differ significantly with radiation exposure of parents. The researchers examined some 21,788 infants shortly after birth and re-examined them eight to ten months later. The study covered 65,431 registered pregnancy terminations and appropriate control populations. \n\nIn a brief review, the Radiation Effects Research Foundation cautioned, "The absence of a statistically significant effect of ionising radiation on the frequency of major birth defects should not be construed as evidence that mutations were not induced by parental exposure to atomic radiation". The researchers saw mutations in every animal and plant species studied. \n
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Lots of fallout.  LOTS.\n\nHere's a fun fact; the accident at Chernobyl plant released 200 times the radiation of both atomic bombs dropped on Japan.  The radiation reached every corner of Europe.  And that was just one reactor out of four.\nSo a bomb dropped on a nuclear plant would probably be the end of everything within 500 miles.
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What,there were 60 million people killed in that war why don`t you interview one of the Russian survivors of the death camps.20million Russians were killed in that war.All you here about is the jews! It is offensive!