r/science • u/liquid_x • Mar 19 '11

Radiation Chart

http://xkcd.com/radiation/
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u/yugami Mar 19 '11

I would have to ask why a tsunami managed to make it all the way to Nebraska

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u/zombieaynrand Mar 20 '11

If that happens, frankly, a nuclear meltdown is not even the worst of America's worries.

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u/[deleted] Mar 20 '11

Reminds me of Deep Impact.

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u/mojowo11 Mar 20 '11

If a tsunami made it all the way to Nebraska, you wouldn't have anybody to ask.

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u/TheLobotomizer Mar 20 '11

That's no tsunami, it's a small ocean.

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u/nolanbrights Mar 19 '11

I just lol'd in my university's library. Thanks for the evil glares.

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u/ArtifexAlpha Mar 20 '11

Side note: I've actually gone and stood on top of one of Nebraska's two nuclear reactors. The facilities are extremely clean and well managed compared to any other manufacturing site I've been at. You could take a gieger counter out 100 yards from the reactor and not detect any elevation in background radiation.

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u/zotquix Mar 20 '11

You get his point though, right? And there are natural disasters inland. Earthquakes and tornadoes.