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- nexah3, on 10/12/2007, -2/+35So that's why I have three testicles.
- Jelfish, on 10/12/2007, -0/+13The title is kind of misleading. Most high schools have radioactive samples used for educational purposes. Calling it "radioactive waste" makes it sound like there was a can of green-glowing goo in some old cabinet.
If you're really worried about the dangers of radiation, put on some sun screen. - inactive, on 10/12/2007, -2/+14I like those specials :(
- hoppdawg, on 10/12/2007, -2/+12So I lit off a dirty bomb for my senior prank?!
- scallon, on 10/12/2007, -2/+10i did too, but youve got to admit, the show has tanked the last few seasons
- t0ny, on 10/12/2007, -0/+8Oh crap. I thought that was a soda...
- inactive, on 10/12/2007, -1/+9I bet Stewy Griffin had something to do with this
- emceepecks, on 10/12/2007, -1/+8mmmmm......radioactive waste
- Tenlow, on 10/12/2007, -2/+8I sold mine at my last garage sale after I bought my Mr Fusion.
- saifatlast, on 10/12/2007, -0/+6Those are actually still used, except that instead of radium, tritium is used. Tritium emits lower energy radiation than radium, so it's only dangerous if you eat it.
- Toloran, on 10/12/2007, -1/+7One of my friends has a Radioactive Exit light (the kind they used to use when the power went out).
- DiggChainey, on 10/12/2007, -1/+6I'm surprised their school district hasn't caught on and sold it to their city under the guise of fluoride to disperse in the water supply.
- an0nymous, on 10/12/2007, -0/+5@ nizzy
"If it were dangerous, i don't think he would have had us do that."
You are WAY too trusting. - nizzy1115, on 10/12/2007, -0/+4This stuff isn't that uncommon to find. Most of this was able to be purchased back in the day and no one cared about what it could do to us like we do now. Hell, my last physics class (quantum mechanics) had old radiation samples we found in the back while messing around in the store room. We didn't dare open them as the geiger counter was going insane even outside the drawer they were kept in...
- nizzy1115, on 10/12/2007, -0/+4I forgot to mention, we also had lesser radio active materials also. I forget the name of it, but our professor went in the back room and turned off all the lights so it was pitch black and we looked at the material really close with our eye and you could see the radiation actually flaring up from the material. It was similar to the sun and its flares. Really cool if you ask me. If it were dangerous, i don't think he would have had us do that. We also used some basic physics of radio active decay to figure out the exact date of the material as the packaging was old and worn away. Really neat stuff, but greatly misunderstood.
- inactive, on 10/12/2007, -3/+7ive got a radioactive sock that i come into contact with daily
- inactive, on 10/12/2007, -1/+5we once had a pony at my school
- EtherGnat, on 10/12/2007, -0/+3You wouldn't believe the crap you can find in High Schools. I work for an environmental organization and one of our outreach programs is assisting high schools in proper management and disposal of waste products. It's not unusual to find mass quantities of old, dangerous chemicals in completely unsafe and sometimes unlabeled containers. It's a disaster waiting to happen, but nobody knows what to do with the stuff, which is where we come in.
I wrote an online application to help keep track of inventory and safety information but nobody ever used it. - scallon, on 10/12/2007, -6/+9This sounds like the beginning of another ***** Simpson's Halloween Special.
- inactive, on 10/12/2007, -3/+5cobalt-60 only has a half life of some 5 years.... by then the sample would be safe... but yet they still freaked..
- moaimullet, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1So what's the problem? Anyone with an education knows that the only side effect of radiation is that it increases your size 100x. What's so bad about that?
- inactive, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1Great somone found it I got scared for a minute there...he he...oooooo *****!
- ahhell, on 10/12/2007, -1/+2Is that school run by Mr. Burns???
- bioskope, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1omg call in the FUD spreading men in the lead suits
- krinthekuz, on 09/16/2008, -0/+1misleading and full of stupidity
"llinois' program is one of several around the country - such as Connecticut, Colorado and Vermont - that have sprung up since the federal government, following the 2001 terrorist attacks, recommended hunting down radioactive materials in schools, businesses and medical facilities. . . . Inside each 1,850-pound gammator was a rod of cesium-137, a radioactive isotope widely used in businesses and medical research. . . . In the wrong hands, the cesium-137 could be used to make a dirty bomb, West said."
the dirty bomb from the cesium would be MUCH harder to make, and no more effective than a dozen different concoctions in jolly roger's, and even then, you can buy everything for the other bombs from radio shack, home depot, and your local grocery store. something tells me that the parts needed to start the chain reaction in a cesium bomb are a little difficult to obtain. - ImperatorTerrae, on 10/12/2007, -1/+1'BHS Principal Cindy Helmers said, noting the material in this case wasn't radioactive. "They came and picked up two tiny containers of white powder."'
Oh that's not odd at all, there were obviously something going on there at night, probably involving high school students who were willing to try anything resembling drugs. Little did they know... - inactive, on 10/12/2007, -1/+1Well that surely solved the problem of teenage pregnancies and maternity leaves at their school!
- DasBub, on 10/12/2007, -2/+1Oh crap. I definitely shouldn't have said he was a customer.
Oh crap... - scabbers, on 10/12/2007, -2/+0OH NOES!! CARBON 14
- inactive, on 10/12/2007, -7/+0so that's why nexah3 has three testicles...
- DroidBlender, on 09/18/2008, -18/+6lol!
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