re: #312 PT Barnum
On point 2, the consequences of a leak would be radiation leaking out into the area, correct? I’m not suggesting it would be as bad as Chernobyl, but simply that if it was above a certain level, it could have the same impact.
No. It’s not even comparable. You would need to roll around in it or ingest it in order to be poisoned, and you’d need to do it for a long time. That’s why a dirty bomb isn’t really an effective killer, only an effective method of terrorizing the population. It’s quite hard to hurt someone with spent radioactive waste.
If you rubbed spent radioactive fuel on me, i’d go take a shower and i’d be just fine.
Feel better yet?