The operator Tepco says the workers came in contact with the wastewater when a hose came off accidentally and have been taken to hospital as a precaution
Ionizing radiation is dangerous in large amounts, but this is not a large amount. I’m not even sure how they got their 4 Bq/cm2 number. You’re way more radioactive than that on your own.
The dosage makes the poison.
This is more like rubbing a banana on you.
Those incidences are people finding dangerous, improperly discarded sources and not knowing what they were.
You’re right. Those were far worse than this had any chance of being. My point was more that it’s a lot easier to know the scope and everything else about what’s happened when action is taken immediately and that containment protocols are there for a reason.
It’s a good thing that these folks were attended to promptly and are under watch for now.
I’ve spilled a lot more than this on me and didn’t even report it. I’m pretty sure they would have laughed at me if I did.
My dad just got diagnosed with cancer. He had a pet scan, got about 600 MBq of tracer injected, then proceeded to sleep next to my mother and piss that radiation all over the place.
That is much worse than this, and it’s just not a problem.
That is completely out of scope to this.
Ionizing radiation is dangerous in large amounts, but this is not a large amount. I’m not even sure how they got their 4 Bq/cm2 number. You’re way more radioactive than that on your own.
The dosage makes the poison.
This is more like rubbing a banana on you.
Those incidences are people finding dangerous, improperly discarded sources and not knowing what they were.
You’re right. Those were far worse than this had any chance of being. My point was more that it’s a lot easier to know the scope and everything else about what’s happened when action is taken immediately and that containment protocols are there for a reason.
It’s a good thing that these folks were attended to promptly and are under watch for now.
I disagree. This is fear mongering.
I’ve spilled a lot more than this on me and didn’t even report it. I’m pretty sure they would have laughed at me if I did.
My dad just got diagnosed with cancer. He had a pet scan, got about 600 MBq of tracer injected, then proceeded to sleep next to my mother and piss that radiation all over the place.
That is much worse than this, and it’s just not a problem.