Fukushima?

[peejman]

I'll freely defer to those who do this sort of thing for a living... generally I'd say most of what you hear is fear mongering from the uninformed or those with an opposing agenda. People fear things they don't understand, few people outside of the industry understand radiation.  I know enough to be dangerous.  

We serviced engines from aircraft that overflew Fukushima immediately after the incident. LOTS of hype was made about handling of the potentially radioactive engines. As is alluded to in the Popular Mechanics article, the radiation experts we worked with from Oak Ridge could confirm that's where these engines picked up radiation, but the level was very low. "Below background" was their description. They actually put the engines in their containers up against the outside wall of their office as added shielding from all the other stuff they had that really was hot. Their comment was "they're actually gaining radiation as they sit here, because the other stuff back there is way hotter."

[aldodds3]

This is a pretty good book about the early soviet nuclear navy. The movie is basically one chapter in the book. 
https://www.amazon.com/K-19-WIDOWMAKER-Secret-Nuclear-Submarine/dp/079226472X
This is a pretty good one too. 
https://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/1891620088/ref=mp_s_a_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1487120350&sr=8-1&pi=AC_SX236_SY340_QL65&keywords=blind+mans+bluff&dpPl=1&dpID=51nYicn7iKL&ref=plSrch
 
Fukushima made one major error, which was not putting their generators on the roof. 

The EDGs would have been fine if they'd have completed the seawall improvements the other ones had made.


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[aldodds3]

I'll freely defer to those who do this sort of thing for a living... generally I'd say most of what you hear is fear mongering from the uninformed or those with an opposing agenda. People fear things they don't understand, few people outside of the industry understand radiation.  I know enough to be dangerous.  
We serviced engines from aircraft that overflew Fukushima immediately after the incident. LOTS of hype was made about handling of the potentially radioactive engines. As is alluded to in the Popular Mechanics article, the radiation experts we worked with from Oak Ridge could confirm that's where these engines picked up radiation, but the level was very low. "Below background" was their description. They actually put the engines in their containers up against the outside wall of their office as added shielding from all the other stuff they had that really was hot. Their comment was "they're actually gaining radiation as they sit here, because the other stuff back there is way hotter."

That sounds about right!


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[R_Bert]

Toops.  Related but sorta something - https://theaviationist.com/2017/02/19/u-s-air-force-deploys-wc-135-nuclear-sniffer-aircraft-to-uk-after-spike-of-radioactive-iodine-levels-detected-in-Europe/

 

This is interesting - and evidence of how an incident can be difficult to pinpoint quickly.

 

Probably *not* a nuke test, as CTBTO would be screaming bloody murder. (unless it was a colossal dud)

Preparatory Commission for the Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty Organization (CTBTO) - http://www.ctbto.org/specials/who-we-are/ (runs a very effective world-wide network of "Nuke-Boom" detection systems)

Edited February 21, 2017 by R_Bert

[peejman]

Here's an episode of River Monsters filmed in the cooling pond and river adjacent to Chernobyl.  You can see all the horrific monsters he found there...

 

 

[Randall53]

Wow.....what a dream job. "Git yer money for nothing.....git yer tackle for free!!"  LOL