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Posted: 6/16/2022 11:45:06 PM EDT
Took this pic in Central / West Central PA on route 80 going West. Assuming spent fuel or something?
 
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Posted: 6/16/2022 11:46:28 PM EDT
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I would hope actual nuclear material has at least a rent a cop following
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Posted: 6/16/2022 11:47:01 PM EDT
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Man I bet I could cast a lot of bullets out of the lead lining that thing.
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Posted: 6/16/2022 11:48:56 PM EDT
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You'd think it would have more security.
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Posted: 6/16/2022 11:50:01 PM EDT
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Yeah maybe lack of security means it was empty?
Or maybe it's spent enough that it's basically worthless? |
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Posted: 6/16/2022 11:50:08 PM EDT
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That picture triggered an 80's flashback
 The Firm-Radioactive |
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Posted: 6/16/2022 11:50:52 PM EDT
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Posted: 6/16/2022 11:52:15 PM EDT
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Quoted: Took this pic in Central / West Central PA on route 80 going West. Assuming spent fuel or something? https://i.imgur.com/6TCpsWz.jpeg https://i.imgur.com/LqdyHEm.jpeg  Attached FileAnd for posterity.  Failed To Load Title |
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Posted: 6/16/2022 11:52:27 PM EDT
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Probably low grade medical waste.
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Posted: 6/16/2022 11:53:19 PM EDT
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What does hazard class 7 include?
Commonly transported class 7 dangerous goods include enriched uranium, radioactive ores, isotopes and some medical equipments or parts. |
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Posted: 6/17/2022 12:01:56 AM EDT
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1 gram of Californium-252?
 Fifty-ton shipping cask built at Oak Ridge National Laboratory which can transport up to 1 gram of 252Cf.[57] Large and heavily shielded transport containers are needed to prevent the release of highly radioactive material in case of normal and hypothetical accidents.[58] 
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Posted: 6/17/2022 12:04:16 AM EDT
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Quoted: You'd think it would have more security. Quoted: Yeah maybe lack of security means it was empty? Or maybe it's spent enough that it's basically worthless? Not spent fuel. It could be anything except spent fuel. Probably full of general waste. Probably very low level. Where in PA? ETA I see where you said it was. That could have come from us. We ship stuff out regularly. Mostly low level stuff. |
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Posted: 6/17/2022 12:04:56 AM EDT
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That LSA placard means low specific activity. Relatively boring stuff like unrefined ore, heavy water, etc.
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Posted: 6/17/2022 12:07:38 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: Yeah maybe lack of security means it was empty? Or maybe it's spent enough that it's basically worthless? |
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Posted: 6/17/2022 12:08:24 AM EDT
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Passed one of those in Tennessee once.
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Posted: 6/17/2022 12:10:03 AM EDT
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I’ve seen a few zombie movies start that way
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Posted: 6/17/2022 12:10:12 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: Passed one of those in Tennessee once. |
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Posted: 6/17/2022 8:44:32 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: Man I bet I could cast a lot of bullets out of the lead lining that thing. And they'd all be tracers. |
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Posted: 6/17/2022 8:46:20 AM EDT
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Thats probably where they store FJB's actual brain. Hidden in plain sight, as they say.
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Posted: 6/17/2022 8:48:04 AM EDT
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dem shackles.
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Posted: 6/17/2022 8:49:31 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: And they'd all be tracers. Lol. But seriously, not long ago a huge source of casting lead was the ‘isotope core’ lead containers used in nuclear medicine. They had good ratios of Pb:Sn:Sb and make excellent general purpose bullets as is. No extra tin needed. I still have enough to last a long time at the current low rate of consumption. And they don’t glow.
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Posted: 6/17/2022 8:50:50 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: Man I bet I could cast a lot of bullets out of the lead lining that thing. You would be able to pick them up after shooting as well. I'm sure they glow in the dark.
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Posted: 6/17/2022 8:51:07 AM EDT
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I used to see those transports late at night. Probably so they didn't upset the Karens.
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Posted: 6/17/2022 8:51:38 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: Thats probably where they store FJB's actual brain. Hidden in plain sight, as they say. No, no, no. That’s a decoy. The real brain is hidden in an Altoids tin in the cab of the truck. |
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Posted: 6/17/2022 8:52:08 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: If that came from us, and we use energy solutions, it's going to Oakridge Tennessee. That's probably where it's going even if it isn't ours. Quote HistoryQuoted: Quoted: Passed one of those in Tennessee once. Are you at Peach Bottom? I am not sure how I have that impression. 80 would certainly be a circuitous route between there and Tennessee but I assume they probably do a lot to avoid population centers. |
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Posted: 6/17/2022 8:53:20 AM EDT
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If you got that close to it, it's nothing special.
I'd imagine if it was the good stuff, you'd be shot trying to get that close. |
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Posted: 6/17/2022 8:53:26 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: If that came from us, and we use energy solutions, it's going to Oakridge Tennessee. That's probably where it's going even if it isn't ours. Quote HistoryQuoted: Quoted: Passed one of those in Tennessee once. Nuclear Fuel Services is also in Northeast TN. They recycle spent fuel. |
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Posted: 6/17/2022 8:53:51 AM EDT
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Could be waste from drilling instrumentation too, since it is PA. Some logging tools use a radioactive source to determine the type of rock that's being drilled through (to steer the bit and keep it in the desired formation).
If that's the case though, it'd be from multiple tools. Individual ones shipped to site in large, custom made job box style containers. |
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Posted: 6/17/2022 8:54:16 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: You would be able to pick them up after shooting as well. I'm sure they glow in the dark. I could get my kids to help. When the girls were little we’d take them to the forest service ranges up in east TN and they’d help me hunt for ‘golden treasure’. AKA spent discarded brass. They’d be so proud of their finds.  Eta: eastern Kentucky. The state owned the closest range in TN. |
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Posted: 6/17/2022 8:55:16 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuote HistoryQuoted: Quoted: Took this pic in Central / West Central PA on route 80 going West. Assuming spent fuel or something? https://i.imgur.com/6TCpsWz.jpeg https://i.imgur.com/LqdyHEm.jpeg /media/mediaFiles/sharedAlbum/BAF8FBC3-D9DC-4235-94E3-187BAC8B7396-93.jpg And for posterity.  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bCwlV_94kPEAbsolute clowns guarding that item. |
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Posted: 6/17/2022 8:59:24 AM EDT
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I hope whoever strapped that thing down smacked it and exclaimed "this aint going no where"
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Posted: 6/17/2022 9:00:04 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: Not spent fuel. It could be anything except spent fuel. Probably full of general waste. Probably very low level. Where in PA? ETA I see where you said it was. That could have come from us. We ship stuff out regularly. Mostly low level stuff. Quote HistoryQuoted: Quoted: You'd think it would have more security. Quoted: Yeah maybe lack of security means it was empty? Or maybe it's spent enough that it's basically worthless? Not spent fuel. It could be anything except spent fuel. Probably full of general waste. Probably very low level. Where in PA? ETA I see where you said it was. That could have come from us. We ship stuff out regularly. Mostly low level stuff. What would some typical examples of low level general waste be? |
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Posted: 6/17/2022 9:01:57 AM EDT
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Yeah.....that's not radioactive. Department of Energy has armed escorts with multiple vehicles when moving/transporting any nuclear/radioactive materials. Full loadout kits with full-auto SMG/M-4.
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Posted: 6/17/2022 9:03:23 AM EDT
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Was it anywhere near Taco Bell's R&D facility?
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Posted: 6/17/2022 9:04:36 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: Could be waste from drilling instrumentation too, since it is PA. Some logging tools use a radioactive source to determine the type of rock that's being drilled through (to steer the bit and keep it in the desired formation). If that's the case though, it'd be from multiple tools. Individual ones shipped to site in large, custom made job box style containers. That is what I was wondering based on the location. I think some fracking waste might be considered radioactive. |
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Posted: 6/17/2022 9:04:53 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: I hope whoever strapped that thing down smacked it and exclaimed "this aint going no where" Thump! "This'll ride". It's full of Trioxane 245. I wouldn't drive so close to it. |
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Posted: 6/17/2022 9:07:14 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: What would some typical examples of low level general waste be? Used anti contamination clothing, rags, sticky pads (used to catch contamination on shoes), paperwork that was in a contaminated area, etc. Stuff like that. Most of it probably has no actual contamination but it's treated as such if it was inside a contaminated boundary. |
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Posted: 6/17/2022 9:08:32 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: Yeah.....that's not radioactive. Department of Energy has armed escorts with multiple vehicles when moving/transporting any nuclear/radioactive materials. Full loadout kits with full-auto SMG/M-4. Yup, and it's always fun when they drive so close they bump into each other occasionally, and some reporter freaks out about a "crash." Umm, yeah, lots of vehicles real close to each other mostly concerned with keeping unauthorized folks from getting too close aren't concerned about a little bumper rubbin. 
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Posted: 6/17/2022 9:10:05 AM EDT
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Posted: 6/17/2022 9:10:22 AM EDT
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They use similar containment to transport from LANL to WIPP.
before the route was set up, they had a vessel cut in half to show the stupid hippies how strong the containers are, basically they're not opening on accident. dumb hippies were out there protesting anyway. the costs, I couldn't imagine. most of the waste is like suits, gear, ect. |
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Posted: 6/17/2022 9:11:10 AM EDT
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Cool. I love seeing odd trucks on the highway.
Years ago before camera phones, I saw a dented and beat to death liquid transport tanker that had stenciled in key places on the tank- "CAUTION: Rendered Laboratory Animals" |
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Posted: 6/17/2022 9:12:43 AM EDT
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Most likely spent resin or drums of waste that can't go in a regular trailer. I suspect that if it's west bound on 80, and given the company, probably headed to Clive Utah for disposal.
Anyone else remember the days when the biggest hazard of rad material shipping was carpel tunnel from filling out the 7 copy forms for each fricking container? |
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Posted: 6/17/2022 9:14:45 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: No, no, no. That’s a decoy. The real brain is hidden in an Altoids tin in the cab of the truck. Quote HistoryQuoted: Quoted: Thats probably where they store FJB's actual brain. Hidden in plain sight, as they say. No, no, no. That’s a decoy. The real brain is hidden in an Altoids tin in the cab of the truck. Abbey something? |
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Posted: 6/17/2022 9:14:54 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: That is what I was wondering based on the location. I think some fracking waste might be considered radioactive. Quote HistoryQuoted: Quoted: Could be waste from drilling instrumentation too, since it is PA. Some logging tools use a radioactive source to determine the type of rock that's being drilled through (to steer the bit and keep it in the desired formation). If that's the case though, it'd be from multiple tools. Individual ones shipped to site in large, custom made job box style containers. That is what I was wondering based on the location. I think some fracking waste might be considered radioactive. Some is, yes, but it's usually just NORM. Small amounts of pretty low level stuff in massive volumes of waste product (usually liquid), unless it's been concentrated by a treatment facility of some kind. Sometimes shows up during drilling too and the cuttings have to be handled differently. |
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Posted: 6/17/2022 9:14:58 AM EDT
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They shut down TMI a couple years ago. Could be materials from the decommissioning process from that. Did you point your baofeng Geiger counter at it?
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Posted: 6/17/2022 9:17:46 AM EDT
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Spent nuclear fuel in PA will have a Trooper in front of and behind the load.
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Posted: 6/17/2022 9:18:41 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: Spent nuclear fuel in PA will have a Trooper in front of and behind the load. |
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Posted: 6/17/2022 9:23:34 AM EDT
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Have the superpowers started yet?
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Posted: 6/17/2022 9:25:28 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: Cool. I love seeing odd trucks on the highway. Years ago before camera phones, I saw a dented and beat to death liquid transport tanker that had stenciled in key places on the tank- "CAUTION: Rendered Laboratory Animals" @ED_P I have an app that decodes the 4 number safety placards, it's terrifying some of the stuff cruising around out there. Gotta move it somehow but I've definitely decided to distance myself from a few trucks. |
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Posted: 6/17/2022 9:27:10 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: No, no, no. That’s a decoy. The real brain is hidden in an Altoids tin in the cab of the truck. Quote HistoryQuoted: Quoted: Thats probably where they store FJB's actual brain. Hidden in plain sight, as they say. No, no, no. That’s a decoy. The real brain is hidden in an Altoids tin in the cab of the truck. 
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Posted: 6/17/2022 9:27:36 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: Man I bet I could cast a lot of bullets out of the lead lining that thing. The problem would be the lead becomes radioactive and then your melting pot, mold, gun would also become radioactive if the source is not very well sealed up |
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