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Basically unless you were having a very prolonged and loving relationship with the bucket, you were exposed to nothing of consequence. That doesn’t excuse the m

Basically unless you were having a very prolonged and loving relationship with the bucket, you were exposed to nothing of consequence. That doesn’t excuse the morons who kept this stuff, and if a kid took a souvenir home or there had been a fire it could have been a lot worse. They may have also had unacceptable levels of radon. If I worked there I’d want to know more, but just as a visitor I’d shrug and get on with life. I’m wondering why they used R instead of Sv though. It’s a single source with a single quality factor, and were only concerned with the impact on humans.

sandwall 8y ago
Roentgens are historical units of exposure, it's simply what a lot of older meters read. Roentgens can be assumed to safely equal RADs (although they don't, conversion is less than 1 for kV), the historical unit for "Radiation Absorbed Dose." For photons this would be equal to REM "Radiation Equivalent Man." All old units; conversion to S.I., 100 rad = 1 Gray (J/Kg), 100 rem = 1 Sievert. Essentially, who ever wrote the report was old and conservative. The occupational risk is also essentially nil. This is much ado about nada.
- your-nanny 8y ago
  assuming inhalation if dust was not an issue..
  - dsfyu404ed 8y ago
    5gal buckets are designed to be handled by all manner of people who don't have enough time to give a crap and still get to their destination without leaking. A properly sealed 5gal bucket will remain air tight even if it's bouncing around inside a tote in the bed of a truck on rural gravel roads for ~10mo (the tote flooded at some point but the bucket wound up dry). Sitting in a cabinet the risk of dust making it out of the bucket would have been nonexistent so long as the lid was on it.
    - your-nanny 8y ago
      I assumed it was open so people can look at the ore
AnaniasAnanas 8y ago
> and if a kid took a souvenir home A great way to teach them to not steal along with punishing the parents.

sandwall 8y ago

Roentgens are historical units of exposure, it's simply what a lot of older meters read. Roentgens can be assumed to safely equal RADs (although they don't, conversion is less than 1 for kV), the historical unit for "Radiation Absorbed Dose." For photons this would be equal to REM "Radiation Equivalent Man." All old units; conversion to S.I., 100 rad = 1 Gray (J/Kg), 100 rem = 1 Sievert. Essentially, who ever wrote the report was old and conservative. The occupational risk is also essentially nil. This is much ado about nada.

your-nanny 8y ago
assuming inhalation if dust was not an issue..
- dsfyu404ed 8y ago
  5gal buckets are designed to be handled by all manner of people who don't have enough time to give a crap and still get to their destination without leaking. A properly sealed 5gal bucket will remain air tight even if it's bouncing around inside a tote in the bed of a truck on rural gravel roads for ~10mo (the tote flooded at some point but the bucket wound up dry). Sitting in a cabinet the risk of dust making it out of the bucket would have been nonexistent so long as the lid was on it.
  - your-nanny 8y ago
    I assumed it was open so people can look at the ore

AnaniasAnanas 8y ago

> and if a kid took a souvenir home A great way to teach them to not steal along with punishing the parents.