[AR] Re: MSR reactors.
- From: J Farmer <jfarmer@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: arocket@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Fri, 12 Jul 2019 23:12:53 -0400
On 7/12/2019 10:07 PM, anthony@xxxxxxxxxxx wrote:
Yee freaking hah on steroids. We couldn’t do nuclear experiments like
that today. All bets were off back in the 50s and 60s and nobody had a
clue. It could have changed history if they kept it up and they were
darn close. Thanks for sharing.
True.
But I definitely have mixed thoughts on that. See my Dad died of lung
cancer directly tied to his exposure to Nuclear materials at Y-12
(Beryllium, etc...). My Mom died of lung cancer directly tied to
exposure at Y-12 (She was a secretary in one of the Aircraft Nuclear
Propulsion groups..) My grandmother died of leukemia in 1976, mostly
likely tied to her time working as a seamstress repairing contaminated
uniforms. I can tally up a dozen or more high school classmates who
died at early ages of very rare types of cancer, all from specific
neighborhoods and one of more parents working at AEC/now DOE facilities...
Changed history? Yeah. But sometimes one has to step back and ask at
the cost you're willing to condone? How many of your own people are you
willing to use up, how many unknowing bystanders with wasted lives is
acceptable?
As I said, I have very mixed thoughts on this.
John
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