The Workings of an Ancient Nuclear Reactor

[Marlin]

The Workings of an Ancient Nuclear Reactor

http://www.scientificamerican.com/article/ancient-nuclear-reactor/

[Mounder]

First read about it in 1990 in Jacob Shapiro's Radiation Protection. I'd say every person getting a health physics/radiation safety degree today either reads it or has some professor droll on about it.  That said, it's good that it was published in this well-read publication since the general public knows nothing of it.  Now if they'll just do a similar article to educate the public, specifically frequent flyers, on their dose in commercial air flights .

[GLW]

.... Now if they'll just do a similar article to educate the public, specifically frequent flyers, on their dose in commercial air flights .

that's "natural" radiation,...

natural radiation is good for you,...

[Marlin]

that's "natural" radiation,...

natural radiation is good for you,...

Must be, radon therapy is still legal.

Radon Health Mines of Boulder-Basin Montana

http://www.helenamt.com/content/radon-health-mines-of-boulder-basin-montana/

[Mounder]

Air Force has dose reconstruction going on for high-flyers.  Just a matter of time before commercial pilots and stewardesses put in cancer claims.  It's one big lawyer-driven payday.

[GLW]

Air Force has dose reconstruction going on for high-flyers.  Just a matter of time before commercial pilots and stewardesses put in cancer claims.  It's one big lawyer-driven payday.

IIRC the NIH tried to make them occupational exposure workers once upon a time,...

their union resisted due to limits on flight hours, ergo lower wages, ergo lower dues receipts,...