When Jake and Heather locate a stranger on the side of the road who is sick and disfigured from the radiation poisoning, they must decide whether to help him and risk contamination or do nothing and allow him to die.
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According to how much you get. If memory serves, the scientists at Chernobyl looked over into the reactor and were dead within hours. And Jack's boss on 24 breathed in some radioactive gas, and it got in his lungs, and he had less than a day to live.
If the guy showed up like in the previews, all burned from it, he would have less than a day. I think you can get over it, if the dose is small enough. You might get cancer down the road.
Actually, though I said I would shoot him, I wouldn't. I'd try to help him out, but in a way I didn't have to get to close to him. I would make him camp outside the city, set him up something to live in, and bring him food and medicine.
Yeah, I would be like you. Set up something, outside of the town, and provide for him... but, I wouldn't go near him without one of those suits on! It could be like "The Stand"
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Also, and I may be wrong, but I heard somewhere, a gieger counter only works till it reads a certain amount of radiation, it peaks the counter, then it stays there. I don't think it goes back down, it doesn't clean itself of the radiation, it becomes useless to use after exposed to a high level.
Must have read that in a book. But I never researched to see if it was true.
Whidden said this in post #8 : Also, and I may be wrong, but I heard somewhere, a gieger counter only works till it reads a certain amount of radiation, it peaks the counter, then it stays there. I don't think it goes back down, it doesn't clean itself of the radiation, it becomes useless to use after exposed to a high level.
Must have read that in a book. But I never researched to see if it was true.
I'll try to ask Ron when he gets home. He worked at a Nuclear plant for a while, so he knows a bunch of stuff the rest of us don't about radiation.
Did Ron have to use a gieger? I remember when he was working up at the nuclear plant, and I wondered how they tested the levels... if it was something that was set up, all over the place, or just in certain areas.
:::>^..^<::: ~*~The Journey is more important than the end or the start~*~ :::>^..^<:::
Well there were areas where he had to get tested. There was this time that either his shoes or his pants would set off the monitors. I'll have to see if I can drag him away from his "clan" for Call of Duty to get him to answer.
Whidden said this in post #8 : Also, and I may be wrong, but I heard somewhere, a gieger counter only works till it reads a certain amount of radiation, it peaks the counter, then it stays there. I don't think it goes back down, it doesn't clean itself of the radiation, it becomes useless to use after exposed to a high level.
Must have read that in a book. But I never researched to see if it was true.
I used Geiger counters when I worked at the nuke plant. They count disintegrations per minute- the higher the count the more radiation.
I dont think they can get 'used up' once the radiation goes away it will just read a lower level. They can , however get contaminated (a radioactive particle gets on the counter) the ones I used were stainless so if this happens you just wipe it with a rag and throw the rag in the contaminated pile.
Lawless said this in post #11 : Did Ron have to use a gieger? I remember when he was working up at the nuclear plant, and I wondered how they tested the levels... if it was something that was set up, all over the place, or just in certain areas.
Inside containment you are suited up from head to toe. You assume everything you touch is contaminated as is your protective clothing from the moment you enter.
You take classes on how to remove your clothing without getting yourself or the dressdown area contaminated. You go immiadately from the step off pad to a Geiger counter. Now you go through the beta booths to exit the radioligically conrtolled area (rca) to get in the locker room to get your street clothes back on. You re-enter the rca and head back to the control point where you must pass through another beta booth. You are now out of the potentially contaminated area (the rca) , but you must pass through another beta booth to exit the plant
This isnt all of it- I didnt want to bore eveerybody with all the details
10-05-2006 08:03 PM
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