You're missing the point. The difference between a half hour after shutdown and 10 YEARS after shutdown will be so minimal as to NOT WARRANT a difference in protective gear! The real nastiness in radcon at a nuke plant comes from opening up primary systems, which you'll always do with some type of containment in place anyhow. Also, for the record, there is almost no "personal protective equipment against radiation" aside from lead blankets laid over hotstpots to minimize background. Most personal protective gear in a situation like this is Anti-Contamination (i.e. we can't stop the radiation, so let's stop the radioactive sources from getting inside our body) only.

If it's activated material you're worried about, you'll be waiting a VERY long time for tear down. In most PWR (more common than BWR in the states) reactors, an hour is sufficient time to allow radiation levels to approach background. Obviously the longer the particular plant has been in operation, the higher the background will be, but you'll get more radiation from living in Denver, CO (or taking a lot of high altitude flights) for a year than you will in your time doing decommissioning on a nuclear plant.

Who says parent supported Bush? It's possible he/she's not a sheep for either of the big 2 you know?

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