• Possible radiation leak at New Mexico military nuclear waste site
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[QUOTE](Reuters) - Unusually high levels of radioactive particles were found at an underground nuclear waste site in New Mexico on Saturday in what a spokesman said looked like the first real alarm since the plant opened in 1999. U.S. officials were testing for radiation in air samples at the site where radioactive waste, such as plutonium used in defense research and nuclear weapon making, is dumped half a mile below ground in an ancient salt formation. "They (air monitors) have alarmed in the past as a false positive because of malfunctions, or because of fluctuations in levels of radon (a naturally occurring radioactive gas)," Department of Energy spokesman Roger Nelson said. "But I believe it's safe to say we've never seen a level like we are seeing. We just don't know if it's a real event, but it looks like one," he said. It was not yet clear what caused the air-monitoring system to indicate that radioactive particles were present at unsafe levels, Nelson said. No one was underground at the Department of Energy Waste Isolation Pilot Plant near Carlsbad, in New Mexico's south east, when the alarm went off at 11:30 p.m. MST on Friday, and none of the 139 employees working above ground at the facility was exposed to radioactive contaminants, he said. Workers were asked to shelter where they were until the end of their shifts and were allowed to leave the facility at 5 p.m. local time on Saturday, Nelson said. No air exchange with the surface was occurring after the ventilation system automatically switched to filtration, he said. Nelson said the facility may have accurate measurements as early as Sunday on the number of airborne alpha and beta particles, which can be harmful if inhaled or ingested. A team could be sent below ground before the end of the weekend and Nelson said the plant was "not in active operations. We're in a period we have normally reserved for shutting down the facility for maintenance".[/QUOTE] [url]http://www.reuters.com/article/2014/02/16/us-radiation-leak-newmexico-idUSBREA1F06Y20140216[/url]
Somebody, get the Antirads and Scientific Medkits, we're gonna need 'em. And Vodka for when (or if) we have too few to go around.
Sounds like they handled it well. Make sure no one is exposed, stop any unfiltered air from getting out and then just wait until a proper team can be sent in
Mexican STALKER. Bring it fucking on amigo.
Get out of here gringo!
[QUOTE=Tengil;43932378]Get out of here gringo![/QUOTE] Chupacabra mutant. It has to happen.
Ok guys I think I invented a new sport. So two hombres agree to have a duel. They choose a generic rad infected town and go there 3 minutes before a blow out. You don't need a fuckin generic clock when you have the zone. So they stand like real cool cowboys, a bunker right between them. When the blowout starts they have to shoot the oponent and get into the bunker before the zone claims their cowboy heads.
[QUOTE=MuffinZerg;43932399]Ok guys I think I invented a new sport. So two hombres agree to have a duel. They choose a generic rad infected town and go there 3 minutes before a blow out. You don't need a fuckin generic clock when you have the zone. So they stand like real cool cowboys, a bunker right between them. When the blowout starts they have to shoot the oponent and get into the bunker before the zone claims their cowboy heads.[/QUOTE] I wonder if the victor using Anabiotics would be considered cheating?
stalker joke
....and remember kiddos, if you absolutely have to head into the heat take some Rad-X first...and then pop some Rad-Away for good measure.
Prepare for unforseen consequences.
[QUOTE=ChestyMcGee;43932424]stalker joke[/QUOTE] d00d stalker invented radiation dont smacktalk my game yo
Then it blows up Space 1999 style.
Let's just hope Freeman manages to launch that satellite
now lets see how quick it turns into a panic of nuclear power being dangerous just from the mention of the word "nuclear"
Stalker: call of pedro
Reminded me of this. [video=youtube;yKuLvyaHjwo]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yKuLvyaHjwo[/video]
Wake up.. and smell the ashes
Reference
Seems like Walter White needed material for a dirty bomb.
Regular radiation checks and biohazard screenings are a requirement of continued employed at the Black Mesa Research Facility. Hopefully this gets resolved quickly. The advantage is when we get liquid thorium reactors going we can recycle all this nuclear waste into fuel for them.
El mutanto
[img]http://combineoverwiki.net/images/7/72/Loader-second.jpg[/img] god damn black mesa keep your shit together
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