magixworks1 wrote:

My son turned 26 yesterday. Today, he starts his first day of work at a nucular facility. He thought it odd that he can't wear tennis shoes but can wear jeans and casual clothes. The rubber soles on tennis shoes slow down the ability to jump into a protective suit, wheras leather soles glide easier into the legs. I worry.

This is an interesting insite magixworks1, who would have known that about tennis shoes. Sure can understand your worry, but wouldn't the safety programs be even more stringent there than any other job?

I worked in Berlin (US Army) when Chernobyl had its meltdown. We were all having a picnic in our housing area. Later that day when we were listening to the world news, we found out. About three weeks later it was reported that the radiation from the meltdown came over Berlin and most likely the people who were in Berlin during this time could possibility expect to have illnesses related to the Radiation. Just what we wanted to hear. My family and some of the families we keep in touch with have had some illnesses that could be related to what happen to us back then.

If Three Mile Island had gone, where I live would look much the same...

I've seen the article before, I have a sort of fascination with Chernobyl.

Tragic story.

We're still seeing the effects of Chernobyl some places in Norway. It was Southeastern winds that day, and raining in middle parts of the country, so we got some fallout. Fish, Game and livestock were to radioactive to be safe to eat for years. It's allmost gone now, but still measurable

yeah, if TMI would have gone, i wouldn't be here right now. they say it was only about 15min from complete meltdown and then just mysteriously stopped

I can't get to the site either!

Hey, Mickster. It is an Angelfire/Tripod site. Do you have a popup blocker? Sometimes that prevents the page from loading. Try pressing CTRL as you click the link.

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Many curious people came here to have a look and were bathed in a flood of deadly x-rays emanating directly from the glowing nuclearcore.

quite shocking. Thanks for sharing the link.

netNomad wrote:

Very humbling story and one very brave woman to share it. I live within 100 miles a nuclear reactor myself and actually never give it much thought unless I happen to be driving up that way and see it in the distance. For some odd reason i think id would be fascinating to to travel as she did and see firsthand the destructtion caused by man's stupidity. Yea I know I am odd in that way. Hopefully at some point in time we as humans will learn from the past mistakes we have made and do better to protect the future, Joe

That's not odd at all... I hope to visit the place at least once in my life... maybe someday I can manage to set that up.

Or maybe I'm odd too.