i saw this on the highway on my way out to go wheelin' a few weeks ago - i hope that guy doesnt have narcolepsy!!



drj

 

Yeah, I live next to the interstate, and my uncles a truck driver, and apparntaly these kind of loads are becoming more and more frequent, but don't worry, the trucks are supposed to be linked by GPS, and the drivers are required to plan ahead where they are going to stop and for how long. Whatever is in that trailer probably isn't more radioactive than getting your teeth x-ray'd. I start to worry when I see a wierd lookin lo-boy trailer with 3 ceramic coated tanks on it though.

 

well @ least theyre notifying the rest of us that it IS radioactive...i wouldnt be surprised if the REALLY NASTY was shipped in a WATER TRUCK or something!!

 

here, check this out, this is what is being hauled with a radioactive 7 warning, such as this truck has...
Low Specific Activity
Low Specific Activity (LSA) material means Class 7 (radioactive) material with limited specific activity which satisfies the descriptions and limits set forth below. Shielding materials surrounding the LSA material may not be considered in determining the estimated average specific activity of the package contents. LSA material must be in one of three groups:
LSA-I
(i) Ores containing only naturally occurring radionuclides (e.g., uranium, thorium) and uranium or thorium concentrates of such ores; or
(ii) Solid unirradiated natural uranium or depleted uranium or
natural thorium or their solid or liquid compounds or mixtures; or
(iii) Class 7 (radioactive) material, other than fissile material, for which the A2 value is unlimited; or
(iv) Mill tailings, contaminated earth, concrete, rubble, other debris, and activated material in which the Class 7 (radioactive) material is essentially uniformly distributed and the average specific activity does not exceed 10-\6\A2/g.
LSA-II.
(i) Water with tritium concentration up to 0.8 TBq/liter (20.0 Ci/ liter); or
(ii) Material in which the Class 7 (radioactive) material is distributed throughout and the average specific activity does not exceed 10-\4\A2/g for solids and gases, and 10-\5\A2/g for liquids.
LSA-III. Solids (e.g., consolidated wastes, activated materials) that meet the requirements of Sec. 173.468 and which:
(i) The Class 7 (radioactive) material is distributed throughout a solid or a collection of solid objects, or is essentially uniformly distributed in a solid compact binding agent (such as concrete, bitumen, ceramic, etc.); and
(ii) The Class 7 (radioactive) material is relatively insoluble, or it is intrinsically contained in a relatively insoluble material, so that, even under loss of packaging, the loss of Class 7 (radioactive) material per package by leaching when placed in water for seven days would not exceed 0.1 A2; and
(iii) The average specific activity of the solid does not exceed 2 x 10-\3\A2/g.
Low toxicity alpha emitters are:
(1) Natural uranium, depleted uranium, and natural thorium;
(2) Ores, concentrates or tailings containing uranium-235, uranium- 238, thorium-232, thorium-228 and thorium-230; or
(3) Alpha emitters with a half-life of less than 10 days.

so yeah doesnt sound like anything more radio active than getting your teeth xrayd...

 

bla - YOU SLAY ME!!!hey - you got any pictures from the last trip out?!

drj

 

I work in a Radiation Therapy cancer treatment center and we ship radioactive materials all the time....through Fed Ex. The shielding on those packages is WAY more than necessary and the packaging is nearly indestructible.

BTW, machines that produce x-rays are not radioactive and when shipped are disassembled and are nothing more than a pile of electrical parts. The only shipments with that labeling are pieces of material that can only decrease in activity with enough time.

 

drj i gotta get em from my buddy! ill have em up as soon i get off my lazy butt and get to his place to get em!! if machines that produce xrays arent radio active how come i have to wear that lead apron when i get xrays, just a fun piece of fashion doctors like?!

 

BTW do you have a firearm with glow in the dark sights on it, or a watch that glows in the dark? The tritium that is used to make those when shipping in any quantity is a class 7 radioactive material.
If it's typical government stuff it won't even have a label on it, thats the stuff you gotta worry about.

 

I live on a ranch literally in the middle of a uranium mine. The uranium is pumped from the ground condensed into yellow cake and shipped out. That shipment could be the cake or some "contaminated" used material like black poly pipe, copper wire, submerible pumps, etc. These mines have been around this area since the late 70's, and nobody around here is any worse for the wear. A shipment like that is so diluted that there is nothing worry about. Heck you can handle yellow cake in your hands, but I probably wouldn't take it to bed with me at night.

 

just more government conspiracy...

 

but maybe just a little making out - no 3rd base huh?

drj

 

They produce radiation....but when you flip the switch to "off"....nothing left.

The machines have nothing in them that is radioactive. They use a tungsten filament to shoot electrons toward a tungsten target which produces photons of the x-ray energy.

 

careful man, you are sounding all smart and stuff! if thats happens to spread i will have to find a new forum

-cutts -

 

Sometimes I sound smart, but I usually still look like this:

 

ahhhhh - you mean PROFESSOR HOMER!!

i know that guy - sometimes i see him around my house too!!

drj