[R-390] Off topic?

[rbethman]

Barry,  These are right from the Radiological Health Handbook.  It is also
what I was taught in Nuclear Reactor Engineering and Health Physics.

Bob - N0DGN

----- Original Message -----
From: "blw"
To: "R-390 (E-mail)"
Sent: Saturday, January 05, 2002 2:11 PM
Subject: Re: [R-390] Off topic?


>
> > Yep, IMHO it is off topic.  Mind you a crude nuke would be huge,
wouldn't
> > make a big pop, and would do more to crap up the area.  If you read the
> > Manhattan Project history, Little Boy was considered crude.  It was made
> > from refined U-235.  Stealing used fuel rods is pretty well out of the
> > question.  They give off something like 25,000 Rads.  450 Rads is the
lethal
> > dose for 50% of the population, 600 being the lethal dose for 100% of
the
> > population.  They'd never get six feet with it.
> >
> > Bob N0DGN
>
>
> Bob,
>
> Did they change the 4-6-10 rule? Wasn't it 400 rads: 50% sick, 600 rads:
> 100% sick & 50% dead, and 1000 rads: 100% sick and 100% dead? Maybe it was
> the 2-6-10 rule. It's been a long time since I knew that stuff, did
> nomograms and crossing computations.
>
>
> Barry