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Duer 157099 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Mar-15-11 11:29 PM
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Here's a really stupid paranoid question
Due to all of the chaos in Japan, what's the probability that some terrorists might head over there to try to steal some nuclear fuel? Granted, it'd be a suicide mission, but that's what they're all about.

What's the security like around those hobbled plants?
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Poll_Blind Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Mar-15-11 11:37 PM
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1. The security, at least, is if you set foot anywhere near the place without full gear you'll...
Edited on Tue Mar-15-11 11:38 PM by Poll_Blind
...have at least a 1 in 10 chance of being dead within a few hours, depending on whether you catch a lucky break or not from the radioactive bursts.

I don't see any Al Quaeda frogmen in zodiacs coming ashore and stealing anything anytime soon.

OnEdit: I may have read my microsievert readings incorrectly but there was a time last night or the night before where there were some huge spikes between 2 and five in the morning, I think enough to kill you in a few hours without heavy protection.

PB
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Tunkamerica Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Mar-15-11 11:41 PM
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2. 0.000000000247%
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angstlessk Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Mar-15-11 11:58 PM
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3. If they stole one of the spent fuel rods.they could travel maybe 3 feet before dying
of radioactive exposure...suicide for sure...but just that one person!
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Statistical Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Mar-16-11 12:11 AM
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4. What good is nuclear fuel when you are dead?
Exposed fuel rods would give you a lethal dose in a matter of minutes.
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Codeine Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Mar-16-11 12:12 AM
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5. Your title is correct. nt
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