Davey Jones' Locker 1,324 Posted February 27, 2019 Know of any celebs (or forum members) who have been to the Grand Canyon museum's collections building in the last eighteen years? The collections included paint buckets(!) full of uranium. "One of the buckets was so full that its lid would not close. Stephenson said the containers were stored next to a taxidermy exhibit, where children on tours sometimes stopped for presentations, sitting next to uranium for 30 minutes or more. By his calculation, those children could have received radiation dosages in excess of federal safety standards within three seconds, and adults could have suffered dangerous exposure in less than a half-minute." https://www.azcentral.com/story/news/local/arizona/2019/02/18/grand-canyon-tourists-exposed-radiation-safety-manager-says/2876435002/ Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Toast 16,152 Posted February 27, 2019 File under "Interesting Ways To Die". Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
charon 4,943 Posted February 27, 2019 Nah, valid thread imo , think 'Litvinenko', and other assassination jobs. Plus the Reactor tsunami in Japan , I know the lead boy died of brain cancer was it? but the radiation couldn't have helped. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
msc 18,479 Posted February 27, 2019 Quote Yoshida was diagnosed with esophageal cancer, which was determined by TEPCO to be unrelated to the nuclear accident, due to the rapidness of its onset. He retired as plant manager in early December 2012.[5][6][7] He underwent an operation for the cancer and later suffered a non-fatal stroke. Esophageal, apparently. Equally nasty. Got to love his bosses passing the blame on and giving him a warning for preventing a meltdown. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
charon 4,943 Posted February 27, 2019 He was my unique captain the year he died so From memory back then there was a heap of workers with radiation poisoning, but he was the only one I'd thought would obit. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Paul Bearer 6,102 Posted February 27, 2019 4 hours ago, Davey Jones' Locker said: Know of any celebs (or forum members) who have been to the Grand Canyon museum's collections building in the last eighteen years? The collections included paint buckets(!) full of uranium. "One of the buckets was so full that its lid would not close. Stephenson said the containers were stored next to a taxidermy exhibit, where children on tours sometimes stopped for presentations, sitting next to uranium for 30 minutes or more. By his calculation, those children could have received radiation dosages in excess of federal safety standards within three seconds, and adults could have suffered dangerous exposure in less than a half-minute." https://www.azcentral.com/story/news/local/arizona/2019/02/18/grand-canyon-tourists-exposed-radiation-safety-manager-says/2876435002/ Went there about 10 years ago. No green glow to report (yet). Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
charon 4,943 Posted February 28, 2019 Good timing. Crematorium worker exposed to radiation after a cancer patient gets torched without them knowing he'd had radiation therapy. https://www.foxnews.com/health/mans-radioactive-remains-spread-radiation-all-over-cremation-chamber 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
bladan 293 Posted February 28, 2019 Radiation is good for you! Wildlife around Chernobyl is thriving despite high radiation levels. Soon industrial civilization will fall apart and we'll bake in radiation https://news.nationalgeographic.com/2016/04/060418-chernobyl-wildlife-thirty-year-anniversary-science/ 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ladyfiona 2,593 Posted April 12, 2020 So the forest around Chernobyl is on fire still. 2020 is really trying to kill us huh. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Toast 16,152 Posted April 12, 2020 1 hour ago, ladyfiona said: So the forest around Chernobyl is on fire still. 2020 is really trying to kill us huh. Shit. Ironically the coronavirus situation is helping them. “We are lucky to have quarantine measures in place now,” she said. “People stay at home, walk less and wear masks,” anyway, because of the coronavirus threat." Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
arghton 6,756 Posted October 13, 2021 Viktor Bryukhanov, who managed the construction of Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant and who was the director of the plant from 1970-1986 reportedly dead aged 85: https://www.mk.ru/amp/social/2021/10/13/skonchalsya-rukovoditel-chernobylskoy-aes-vo-vremya-katastrofy-viktor-bryukhanov.html Played by Con O'Neill in the 2019 miniseries Chernobyl. He had been in failing health for a while, having already suffered three strokes (before 2017). Radiation could have played its part? Suprisingly, Nikolai Fomin seems to still be alive. 84 and the last survivor of the three held responsible for the disaster. He attempted suicide before his trial and spent a lot of time in a psychiatric hospital. 5 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Sir Creep 7,070 Posted October 17, 2021 Why is this still a thread? @Toast quite sufficiently said what needs do’in. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
arghton 6,756 Posted April 26, 2022 Radiation level at Chernobyl "abnormal" according to IAEA chief. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
