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Posted: 9/30/2019 6:02:18 PM EDT
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Relax after the tour in a hot tub heated by spent fuel rods from Fukushima.  I'd do it! 
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Posted: 9/30/2019 6:11:41 PM EDT
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It's a tomb. At least one person is buried in the rubble and many others died there.
It should be renamed Hubris. |
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Posted: 9/30/2019 6:14:26 PM EDT
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This man is delusional. Take him to the infirmary. Quote HistoryQuoted:
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40,000 Not great, not terrible |
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Posted: 9/30/2019 6:15:08 PM EDT
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Don't go near the bumper cars or whatever they are. I'm pretty sure that I left some claymores set up over there. Quote HistoryQuoted:
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I actually would like to do that. Going to Pripyat has been on my bucket list for years anyway. I cant think of a place i would rather go than to Pripyat. Lol. I have planted hundreds of C4/Claymore boobie traps that explode chains of cars.
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Posted: 9/30/2019 6:25:30 PM EDT
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Posted: 9/30/2019 6:30:06 PM EDT
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The control room at Chernobyl will open to tourists more than 30 years after the disaster - despite it still having 40,000 times the normal levels of radiation. Visitors wearing protective suits and masks will be able to look around the Unit 4 control room in the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant where the disaster began. Rare and apocalyptic images reveal the decaying room where in 1986 the plant's staff made a series of fatal errors then lost the battle trying to prevent the disaster. Aleksandr Novikov, the head deputy of the Chernobyl plant's technical director said: 'Leonid Toptunov who was on duty that night was my friend. 'He helped to fight with the consequences. He pumped water in the ruined reactor after the explosion and died three weeks later.' https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2019/09/30/11/19102020-7520185-image-a-26_1569837787529.jpg https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2019/09/30/11/19102014-7520185-image-a-27_1569837787529.jpg https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2019/09/30/11/19102012-7520185-image-a-28_1569837787530.jpg Visitors walking past of the remains of the over-the-horizon radar system known as 'Duga' not far from city of Chernobyl https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2019/09/30/11/19102054-7520185-image-a-38_1569838676244.jpg https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2019/09/30/11/19102042-7520185-image-a-45_1569838762044.jpg  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T4BpV94QKjk
Tourists will be given face masks, anti-radiation suits and large industrial boots before being allowed to visit the room. They will be able to observe the room only for five minutes because of the deadly radiation. According to Chernobyl staff, the place is extremely blood-chilling and even five minutes are enough to remember it for the rest of one's life. Vitaly Petruk, the head of the state agency said: 'The HBO series boosted the interest to Chernobyl. Everybody now wants to see more and we are going to satisfy the demand.' More How in the hell is this a good idea? |
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Posted: 9/30/2019 6:41:21 PM EDT
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How in the hell is this a good idea? Quote HistoryQuoted:
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The control room at Chernobyl will open to tourists more than 30 years after the disaster - despite it still having 40,000 times the normal levels of radiation. Visitors wearing protective suits and masks will be able to look around the Unit 4 control room in the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant where the disaster began. Rare and apocalyptic images reveal the decaying room where in 1986 the plant's staff made a series of fatal errors then lost the battle trying to prevent the disaster. Aleksandr Novikov, the head deputy of the Chernobyl plant's technical director said: 'Leonid Toptunov who was on duty that night was my friend. 'He helped to fight with the consequences. He pumped water in the ruined reactor after the explosion and died three weeks later.' https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2019/09/30/11/19102020-7520185-image-a-26_1569837787529.jpg https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2019/09/30/11/19102014-7520185-image-a-27_1569837787529.jpg https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2019/09/30/11/19102012-7520185-image-a-28_1569837787530.jpg Visitors walking past of the remains of the over-the-horizon radar system known as 'Duga' not far from city of Chernobyl https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2019/09/30/11/19102054-7520185-image-a-38_1569838676244.jpg https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2019/09/30/11/19102042-7520185-image-a-45_1569838762044.jpg https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T4BpV94QKjk
Tourists will be given face masks, anti-radiation suits and large industrial boots before being allowed to visit the room. They will be able to observe the room only for five minutes because of the deadly radiation. According to Chernobyl staff, the place is extremely blood-chilling and even five minutes are enough to remember it for the rest of one's life. Vitaly Petruk, the head of the state agency said: 'The HBO series boosted the interest to Chernobyl. Everybody now wants to see more and we are going to satisfy the demand.' More How in the hell is this a good idea? Plus, I'm sure it will help their economy... so why not? |
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Posted: 9/30/2019 7:15:38 PM EDT
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The average dose rate around reactor 4, excluding obviously hot areas like the reactor itself is 4.5 microsieverts per hour.
http://www.chernobylgallery.com/chernobyl-disaster/radiation-levels/ This equates (in US terms) to 0.45 millirem per hour. Let's multiply that by a little more than 10 for conservatism and say it's 5 millirem per hour in the control room. You would need to spend 200 hours there in order to get 1/2 the equivalent dose of a thoracic CT. https://www.radiologyinfo.org/en/info.cfm?pg=safety-xray People just don't understand radiation. |
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Posted: 9/30/2019 7:18:31 PM EDT
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No elephants foot selfie package?
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Posted: 9/30/2019 7:25:46 PM EDT
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No elephants foot selfie package? |
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Posted: 9/30/2019 7:27:23 PM EDT
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Always thought that would be cool to go see. No interest in going to Russia though.
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Posted: 9/30/2019 7:27:32 PM EDT
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Who's the lucky guy that gets to play tour guide every day? |
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Posted: 9/30/2019 7:32:17 PM EDT
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I watched a documentary not too long about the giant dome they just built over the reactor. The original dome was never completed because radiation levels were too high and it’s starting to collapse. They built a set of tracks from the reactor to a safe distance away where the dome was assembled, then the tracks were used to move it in place. It has built in cranes so they can start disassembling the old dome and reactor.
It was an impressive effort. |
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Posted: 9/30/2019 7:51:16 PM EDT
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The average dose rate around reactor 4, excluding obviously hot areas like the reactor itself is 4.5 microsieverts per hour. http://www.chernobylgallery.com/chernobyl-disaster/radiation-levels/ This equates (in US terms) to 0.45 millirem per hour. Let's multiply that by a little more than 10 for conservatism and say it's 5 millirem per hour in the control room. You would need to spend 200 hours there in order to get 1/2 the equivalent dose of a thoracic CT. https://www.radiologyinfo.org/en/info.cfm?pg=safety-xray People just don't understand radiation.
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Posted: 9/30/2019 7:54:15 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: Even that thing isn’t really all that bad now. Would take about an hour to receive a lethal dose at 1 meter. |
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Posted: 9/30/2019 7:54:31 PM EDT
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Hard pass, thanks. I'll just look at pictures.
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Posted: 9/30/2019 7:55:51 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: I was reading on the wiki page... "The mass is quite dense and unyielding to a drill mounted on a remote-controlled trolley, but able to be damaged by a rifle" Who the hell was shooting at it? “Hold my vodka.....” |
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Posted: 9/30/2019 7:58:35 PM EDT
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Posted: 9/30/2019 7:58:55 PM EDT
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Maybe I'll get super powers.
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Posted: 9/30/2019 8:14:44 PM EDT
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Always thought that would be cool to go see. No interest in going to Russia though. |
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Posted: 9/30/2019 8:23:09 PM EDT
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If someone wants to set/book the itinerary, I'm in. I just don't want to go alone and my wifes like "fuck no, have fun"
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Posted: 9/30/2019 8:24:24 PM EDT
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You’re in luck then, they moved Ukraine out of Russia.
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Posted: 9/30/2019 8:34:41 PM EDT
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I would love to go there. However the little voice in my head says this seems like a bad idea. My guide would be the guy whose watch stopped 8 mins in and asked somebody what the time was. 
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Posted: 9/30/2019 8:40:22 PM EDT
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The average dose rate around reactor 4, excluding obviously hot areas like the reactor itself is 4.5 microsieverts per hour. http://www.chernobylgallery.com/chernobyl-disaster/radiation-levels/ This equates (in US terms) to 0.45 millirem per hour. Let's multiply that by a little more than 10 for conservatism and say it's 5 millirem per hour in the control room. You would need to spend 200 hours there in order to get 1/2 the equivalent dose of a thoracic CT. https://www.radiologyinfo.org/en/info.cfm?pg=safety-xray People just don't understand radiation. I’ve essentially spent 400 hours in the control room of Chernobyl? Great. Pair that with the fact that cancer is extremely prevalent in my family and I’m basically 100% going to die of cancer. Great.  That sort of changes my perspective on life honestly. I’m not planning on retirement. |
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Posted: 9/30/2019 8:41:45 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: So, not even as much as wearing a radium dial watch for an hour.
https://www.AR15.Com/media/mediaFiles/3446/27622.JPG The type of particle is also important. Is it alpha that won’t pass through paper? Or beta that is a little stronger? Or is there lots of gamma that is surely wrecking your DNA? |
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Posted: 9/30/2019 8:43:35 PM EDT
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I actually would like to do that. Going to Pripyat has been on my bucket list for years anyway. 
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Posted: 9/30/2019 8:43:55 PM EDT
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Yeah, that'll be a hard pass from me dawg.
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Posted: 9/30/2019 8:51:04 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: You don't know me! I'd do it! 6 feet of the rods you're good. Can swim laps in the spent fuel pool and nothing but a soft blue glow and warm water. You'll be exposed to more radiation in the airplane/jet ride there. |
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Posted: 9/30/2019 8:59:25 PM EDT
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"Anti-radiation suits"
ETA I see that I'm beat, but I still have time to corner the market. Suckas. Or make really tiny lead strands and weave them into clothes... |
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Posted: 9/30/2019 9:11:32 PM EDT
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Just wash your clothes in Borax. Then make a paste and smear it all over your clothes. Good to go, Or make really tiny lead strands and weave them into clothes... Quote HistoryQuoted:
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"Anti-radiation suits"
ETA I see that I'm beat, but I still have time to corner the market. Suckas. Or make really tiny lead strands and weave them into clothes... I take one a day to facilitate vitamins going into my system instead of just making expensive urine. And pure iodine is the best depression treatment I have ever tried. |
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Posted: 9/30/2019 9:15:15 PM EDT
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The average dose rate around reactor 4, excluding obviously hot areas like the reactor itself is 4.5 microsieverts per hour. http://www.chernobylgallery.com/chernobyl-disaster/radiation-levels/ This equates (in US terms) to 0.45 millirem per hour. Let's multiply that by a little more than 10 for conservatism and say it's 5 millirem per hour in the control room. You would need to spend 200 hours there in order to get 1/2 the equivalent dose of a thoracic CT. https://www.radiologyinfo.org/en/info.cfm?pg=safety-xray People just don't understand radiation. |
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Posted: 10/1/2019 8:52:07 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: Also, boron supplements available at local health food stores. I take one a day to facilitate vitamins going into my system instead of just making expensive urine. And pure iodine is the best depression treatment I have ever tried. |
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Posted: 10/1/2019 8:55:37 PM EDT
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Eta. Nm. Asked and answered
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Posted: 10/1/2019 9:01:36 PM EDT
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If you ever get the chance to go, its a lot of fun with a lot to see. I had thought the control room was open before. It was the first planned date with my now wife. Also if you want to book use a VPN to change your country before you check out, the tours are about 40% less if you use a Ukrainian IP vs USA. https://i.ibb.co/ph8Fdhx/cn5.jpg https://i.ibb.co/8XbFRcG/cn16.jpg https://i.ibb.co/3dvnf6W/cn25.jpg https://i.ibb.co/NCpbgSP/cn31.jpg Chernobyl is fascinating. Like a time capsule...of a terrible fuck up...but fascinating nonetheless. |
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Posted: 10/1/2019 9:48:28 PM EDT
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Sounds like the topic for another thread of homeopathic knowledge. I'd read it. Quote HistoryQuoted:
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Posted: 10/1/2019 9:57:27 PM EDT
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I'm zero fucks given and happy.
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