8.9 earthquake tsunami hits Japan

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  1. Empty

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    That's about uraniums long halflife.

    Funfact:

    A radioactive isotope with an extremely long halflife is actually much safer to be around than one with an extremely short one! Radioactive decay is the process where the element emits radiation and is a rate measured by the halflife!

    A kilogram of material with 10 seconds of halflife will emit vast amounts of radiation in seconds! While a kilogram of a material like U238, with it's huge half life will emit the same amount of radiation over a much much much longer time period!

    I've held uranium ore and it's perfectly safe to handle! (Although ingesting it will cause problems...)

    However all things considered, if you have a huge leak of a material with a long half life it will be highly damaging to life around the leak for a long period of time.

    But anyone who tells you a short halflife makes an element less dangerous is a moron. Go tell them to swallow some Thorium214 and report back on how much safer it is.
     
    Empty, Mar 17, 2011
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  2. communism

    communism poof

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    dont think i have ever seen you use an exclamation mark therefor
    fake and gay
     
    communism, Mar 17, 2011
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  3. Space_Oddity

    Space_Oddity The Shitstorm

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    YOU HAPPENED.
     
    Space_Oddity, Mar 17, 2011
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  4. Aeoneth

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    MOOtant, radioactive child.... why don't you have superpowers yet?
     
    Aeoneth, Mar 17, 2011
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  5. Chris0132'

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    Um, that seems a little high.

    I don't think one nuclear plant has enough material in it to irradiate the entire western US coast that much, to say nothing of the intervening ocean.

    I mean it's in rads, which is kind of bad because you measure dosage in rem, not rads, but that's still rather high.
     
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  6. complete_

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    Maybe you shouldnt ignore my posts durrrrr
     
    complete_, Mar 17, 2011
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  7. f1r3w4rr10r

    f1r3w4rr10r Modeler

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    the pic might be fake but RAD is a legal unit
    although it isnt used anymore
     
    f1r3w4rr10r, Mar 17, 2011
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  8. FN198

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    woo shit time to get radiated in a few days
     
    FN198, Mar 17, 2011
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  9. complete_

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    fuck youo fn
    fuck you dubee

    get irradiated to shit
     
    complete_, Mar 17, 2011
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  10. FN198

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  11. Metal Smith

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    that might actually explain a lot :/
     
    Metal Smith, Mar 17, 2011
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  12. Chris0132'

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    But not a very helpful one.

    It would be like me saying 'the speed limit for this section of road is half a micron of wavelength compression on this radar gun'

    A functional unit yes, but not too helpful when your car operates in miles per hour.
     
    Chris0132', Mar 17, 2011
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  13. McGyver

    McGyver Experimental Pedagogue

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    I'm worried about the changes the radiation will make to the japanese porn industry. Instead of schoolgirls being raped by tentacle monsters they will grow tentacles themselves and rape everyone else!
     
    McGyver, Mar 17, 2011
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  14. Trickster

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    You have no idea how much this explains.
     
    Trickster, Mar 17, 2011
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  15. communism

    communism poof

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    thats why mootant is so strong
     
    communism, Mar 17, 2011
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  16. blizzerd

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    iron will activated

    nuclear approved
     
    blizzerd, Mar 17, 2011
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  17. Dubee

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    That's why mootant is a mootated genious. These radiation leaks will only lead to better anime and more released at a much higher rate.
     
    Dubee, Mar 18, 2011
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  18. Grantrithor

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    Is that why empires has cancer?
     
    Grantrithor, Mar 18, 2011
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  19. w00kie

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    I was 2 month old and like my wild boar raw and radiancy. How's the mushrooms in poland?
     
    w00kie, Mar 18, 2011
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  20. Dubee

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    The radiation from japan is supposedly going to be drafting over my area sometime today.. I'll let you guys know if I grow a 3rd penis.
     
    Dubee, Mar 18, 2011
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