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ArbitraryValue@sh.itjust.works ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

A guy who used to work at a nuclear reactor was telling me how water was very effective at absorbing radiation, so radioactive waste can be kept at the bottom of a deep pool and the level of radiation at the surface will be completely safe.

I asked him “Does that mean I could swim in one of those pools?”

He said “No, you would be killed.”

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moosetwin@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago
Reminds me of this “xkcd”:

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- ArbitraryValue@sh.itjust.works ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago
  I swear I heard this myself before the xkcd strip was published. Maybe it’s a common joke that nuclear engineering guys tell.
  
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ekky43@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago
Don’t swim in the water, I’ve heard you get severe and abrupt lead poisoning when trying.

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Crow@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago
Killed for swimming in the tritium supply.

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