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lbw

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Why over-react to radiation?

NOTE: This might seem like a rant, but that's not my intension.

Have you ever realised that when some poeple hear to word "radiation" or "nuclaer" they have a massive over-reaction and treat it like its the most dangerous thing ever and think if they get exposed to a tiny ammont they'll die of cancer despite the fact they know nothing or very little about nuclear physics? Well, I'm fed up with it. Do some poeple not realise there is natrual background radiation in the air anyway? I find this very annoying, escpilly with how the news treats nuclear power somethimes.

Last edited by lbw (Oct 8 2011 11:59:11 am)

RhazzleFrazzle

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Re: Why over-react to radiation?

im worried that if i get exposed to gamma rays i might get superpowers that i dont want. loljk. im in honors chemistry and we talked about this. theres 3 kinds of radiation. alpha, beta, and gamma gamma being the worst. all 3 are common in small amounts.

lbw

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Re: Why over-react to radiation?

im worried that if i get exposed to gamma rays i might get superpowers that i dont want. loljk. im in honors chemistry and we talked about this. theres 3 kinds of radiation. alpha, beta, and gamma gamma being the worst. all 3 are common in small amounts.

You don't have to state the obbvious, I'm not stupid.

Dazz

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Re: Why over-react to radiation?

All three of the primary types of radiation above can be a hazard if emitted from radioactive material that was inhaled or ingested.

edit: anyway, who ever hears of radiation will RUN, you don't stay to ask "hey dude, what kind of radiation is this" ? the more you stay exposed the more you risk. I think you underestimate this "power"

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lbw

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Re: Why over-react to radiation?

I do know about nuclear physics, I know they can be harmful, it's just I find the way that some people just completely over-react when they hear something is radioactive annoying.

Last edited by lbw (Oct 8 2011 12:25:57 pm)

treejoe4

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Re: Why over-react to radiation?

Because people blindly follow the bigger voice, which is the media.

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Re: Why over-react to radiation?

You must live in an area where people say radiation alot, I don't usually here that term so I don't know if they'll over-react.

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Pike270

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Re: Why over-react to radiation?

Because people blindly follow the bigger voice, which is the media.

The media loves to exaggerate. How else do they get their views?
What makes radiation such a big deal, is that there is a fear of the malignant unknown. There is a ridiculous amount of hysteria and paranoia around nuclear power as an energy source.

It is sad that people so quickly judge nuclear power based on the Fukushima accident. The truth is that that plant should have been taken down long ago.

Nuclear power is a amazing power source. It can be used almost anywhere and produces minimal harm to our environment (unlike fossil fuels).

Many more people die from collecting/using other energy sources than nuclear power. The only way you cold argue is by saying that the lives of the people who mine coal or drill for oil are insignificant. Of course that belief is extremely inhumane.

Consider the table below.

Energy Source                     Death Rate (deaths per TWh)

Coal ? world average                       161 (26% of world energy, 50% of electricity)
Coal ? China                                   278
Coal ? USA                                      15
Oil                                                36   (36% of world energy)
Natural Gas                                      4   (21% of world energy)
Biofuel/Biomass                              12
Peat                                               12
Solar (rooftop)                                0.44 (less than 0.1% of world energy)
Wind                                                0.15 (less than 1% of world energy)
Hydro                                               0.10 (europe death rate, 2.2% of world energy)
Hydro - world including Banqiao)      1.4 (about 2500 TWh/yr and 171,000 Banqiao dead)
Nuclear                                            0.04 (5.9% of world energy)

Fun Fact: Bannana has the radioactive isotope Potassium-40 in them. Eating about 6000 of them will give you the same amount of radiation as a chest X-ray. That may seem like a lot but the amount of radiation we get from a chest X-ray is about the same amount of radiation the average person is exposed to every 10 days. Quite a bit of that radiation comes from the sun.Radiation shouldn't be that scary. It's almost everywhere.

You can find much more information on the internet pertaining to this topic. Ulimately, it is up to you to develop your own opinion about radiation as an energy source.