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Would you like to live near nuclear reactor?

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    #31
    Originally posted by DimPrawn View Post
    Rubbish!

    Every smoke detector has radioactive material (Americium-241).

    Smoke Detectors and Americium

    Think of all the nuclear stuff waiting to kill you!
    I don't think you're suitably equipped to join this discussion.

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      #32
      42 miles from one although the prevailing winds rarely come in my direction.
      bloggoth

      If everything isn't black and white, I say, 'Why the hell not?'
      John Wayne (My guru, not to be confused with my beloved prophet Jeremy Clarkson)

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        #33
        Originally posted by Churchill View Post
        Yeah, Ironing, innit?
        Well, I just find it ludicrous that a city council can be so pompous as to declare itself 'nuclear free' when radioactive material is used for such noble purposes as treating illness and injury, and when they can't possibly know whether their electricity is coming from nuclear power stations. Unless of course there are special Mancunian electrons that sing Morrissey songs as they bump into each other along the cables.
        And what exactly is wrong with an "ad hominem" argument? Dodgy Agent, 16-5-2014

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          #34
          This poll is rubbish. I wouldn't mind being close to a reactor in a this country (in fact I am reasonably close to a research one), but I wouldn't want to be close to one in (amongst other places) Ukraine, USA or anywhere where the seismic risk are high.

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            #35
            At one time the daftest place used to be Derby. I drove past the Labour council's nuclear free zone sign to visit RR's research reactor about half a mile inside it.
            bloggoth

            If everything isn't black and white, I say, 'Why the hell not?'
            John Wayne (My guru, not to be confused with my beloved prophet Jeremy Clarkson)

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              #36
              Humans are radioactive.

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                #37
                Originally posted by shaunbhoy View Post
                How could you tell......was it still glowing? Can't imagine they'd have been keen on marking it up as such.
                Erm, there was a sign displaying the standard radiation warning and a notice saying that the entrance was alarmed.

                Taking this information and doing some research on t'internet revealed that the outlet from the Winfrith site passes underneath the Lulworth Castle Estate and that there were in fact two points of interest on the estate. There is a Nuclear Monitoring station and an access ladder down to the outlet tunnel.

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                  #38
                  Originally posted by Churchill View Post
                  Nope.

                  The Manchester University Research Reactor was in Risley(Warrington). Now decommissioned.

                  So your info is incorrect and Manchester is not only a Nuclear Free City but was the first city to declare itself as such in 1980.
                  I stand corrected - said the man in the orthopaedic shoes...

                  I'll take it up with my mate who told me who will say 'I never said that'...
                  Last edited by stek; 16 March 2011, 13:13. Reason: Six goes at spelling 'orthopaedic'

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                    #39
                    Originally posted by DimPrawn View Post
                    Rubbish!

                    Every smoke detector has radioactive material (Americium-241).

                    Smoke Detectors and Americium

                    Think of all the nuclear stuff waiting to kill you!
                    Reminds me of this story -the radioactive boy scout

                    No idea if it is true, but who cares - it is a great story.
                    Back at the coal face

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                      #40
                      Originally posted by TimberWolf View Post
                      Humans are radioactive.
                      So are bananas.
                      Science isn't about why, it's about why not. You ask: why is so much of our science dangerous? I say: why not marry safe science if you love it so much. In fact, why not invent a special safety door that won't hit you in the butt on the way out, because you are fired. - Cave Johnson

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