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Site of 1976 "Atomic Man" Accident To Be Cleaned
mdsolar writes with news about the cleanup of the site that exposed Harold McCluskey to the highest dose of radiation from americium ever recorded. Workers are finally preparing to enter one of the most dangerous rooms in the world — the site of a 1976 blast in the United States that exposed a technician to a massive dose of radiation and led to his nickname: the "Atomic Man." Harold McCluskey, then 64, was working in the room at the Hanford Nuclear Reservation when a chemical reaction caused a glass glove box to explode. He was exposed to the highest dose of radiation from the chemical element americium ever recorded — 500 times the occupational standard. Hanford, located in central Washington state, made plutonium for nuclear weapons for decades. The room was used to recover radioactive americium, a byproduct of plutonium. Covered with blood, McCluskey was dragged from the room and put into an ambulance headed for the decontamination center. Because he was too hot to handle, he was removed by remote control and transported to a steel-and-concrete isolation tank. During the next five months, doctors laboriously extracted tiny bits of glass and razor-sharp pieces of metal embedded in his skin. Nurses scrubbed him down three times a day and shaved every inch of his body every day. The radioactive bathwater and thousands of towels became nuclear waste.
Oh, I forgot. He was 64 years old at that time.
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The prayer is often for the doctor being competent.
The note would say "I am highly radioactive put the money in the bag."
I've been witness to numerous "negative miracles", where the divine hand of our Lord decides to inflict his wrath upon some unworthy subject. It often does result in a "God Damnit!", so your hypothesis seems reasonable.
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"Medicine's role is to entertain us while Nature takes its course." - Voltaire
I am a scientist and it does not threaten my faith.
The two are separate and I don't pit one against the other.
Both are tools to be used on a different scopes of work.
I keep the two isolated except at the very end of each day.
I wonder what the hell is going on and it's so elusive, I appeal to the gods for help.
It little behooves the best of us to comment on the rest of us.
I've been witness to numerous "negative miracles", where the divine hand of our Lord decides to inflict his wrath upon some unworthy subject. It often does result in a "God Damnit!", so your hypothesis seems reasonable.
Shouldnt the "God Damnit" precede the harmful act?
Also, once, I was chastized by a Christian for saying "God Damnit" when I don't believe in god. My excuse was that it was such a good "damn" curse. I don't believe in religion, but I do like their curse words.
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Boss: "Underling, go get Harold out of there!"
Underling: "Ok..." [trots off]
Boss' boss: "Very dangerous. If you go in there, you'll be exposed."
Boss: "It's ok. I'm retrieving Harold remotely."
See God invented Mexican food first. After that the Big Bang was inevitable.
I only look human.
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