Can you repost your scenario . .
Sorry, I have never seen a "repost" feature on Slashdot (you appear to have been here longer than me, so perhaps you can clue me in on that feature).
Furthermore, NYC is the most populated, densely packed city in the U.S. If you are going to maximize human suffering from a nuclear blast (or MOAB, per other posters), that is the primary target in the U.S. Since the point of my post was that having your own 777 could allow you to pick the optimal position to maximize damage, I believe my choice of NYC was reasonable.
We need to divert the terrorists to somewhere else
I doubt Slashdot posts will be able to divert terrorists . . .
Math is a creation of the human mind
Are you sure? That sounds a bit geocentric to me . . .
there shouldn't be a lot of Sr90, considering the ratios measured from ground contamination
I think you are assuming the primary "vector" of contamination is the air and are discounting cumulative effects. Do all foods pull in Cs and Sr in equal proportions to ground contamination? Does Cs and Sr have the same biological half life in humans?
You don't have to trust them to want to know what they are doing, and where they are dedicating the funds allocated to decontamination.
I want to know, but how much control do have when they decide not to tell.
airborne Sr90 release
Sr 90 has a molecular form soluble in water. Water is leaking from the plant everyday, so airborne models are not the full picture. Either way, please provide links to the model supporting these numbers. I am curious on how such models are created when beta emitters are so difficult to track.
That's why they are more interested in the Caesium.
Or perhaps they are more interested in Cs because they would have a hell of a time trying to measure Sr 90. Sr 90 seems the most dangerous, with a widely debated biological half-life.
The only really effective method is from analysing teeth, which is rather cumbersome and slow though.
Yes, or in this case, teeth are not developed yet (can they just remove a speck of tooth or do they need the entire tooth)?
That's because it's a scientific study of a single issue. If you want to know about the plans for future soil decontamination, ask TEPCO.
Exactly my point. That is why I went off on CrimsonAvenger. And, no, I will not bother asking the manifestation of organized incompetence that is known as "TEPCO."
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