Posted on Jun 29, 2017
Repeated radiation warnings go unheeded at sensitive Idaho nuclear plant
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PO1 Tony Holland you have got to be kidding? They falsified your dosimeters? I would have fried some people for that... unreal...
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PO1 Tony Holland - The article is somewhat hard to believe because all of the claimed doses are stated in rem units - and often in hundred plus rem units - which if delivered in a short period of time would cause acute radiation sickness and death in many cases. More likely the dose numbers are actually mrem (millirem) units - so the doses would not be as astonishing as claimed. Warmest Regards, Sandy :)
n.b. For perspective compare the SL-1 reactor excursion accident that occurred on 1/3/1961 - resulting in radiation exposure fields up to 1,000 rem/hour above the reactor core. The fuel element ruptures produced radiation nowhere near as intense as the SL-1 reactor excursion.
https://atomicinsights.com/january-sl-explosion-aftermath/
CPT Jack Durish PO1 William "Chip" Nagel SFC William H.
n.b. For perspective compare the SL-1 reactor excursion accident that occurred on 1/3/1961 - resulting in radiation exposure fields up to 1,000 rem/hour above the reactor core. The fuel element ruptures produced radiation nowhere near as intense as the SL-1 reactor excursion.
https://atomicinsights.com/january-sl-explosion-aftermath/
CPT Jack Durish PO1 William "Chip" Nagel SFC William H.
January 1961: SL-1 Explosion Aftermath - Atomic Insights
At 9:01 pm on January 3, 1961, the first indication of trouble at SL-1 was received at Atomic Energy Commission Fire Stations. The alarm, which was trigger
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1LT Sandy Annala I was a career Navy Nuke. I know about SL-1, and I've been in reactor compartments many times. I have a lifetime dosage of about 1.5 REM, most of which comes from maintenance periods inside reactor compartments. Especially bad were S5W submarine plants, because of a CRUD trap...
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Subsequently. it became a moot issue since I was pulled from Submarine training the first day for blood in the urine. Ended up being an ambulatory patient for a year. Assigned to Sick Call where I ran the triage desk.
Upon discharge from the hospital my nuclear designator was pulled supposedly because of a temporary surplus of Reactor Operators at that time. Normally I should have gone back to Idaho Falls for a six week refresher course. Instead I was shanghaied to SEAL Team One -- best duty assignment I ever had.