Thorium in place of Uranium

[raid]

bbc.com has an article on a suggestion to use the "safer" Thorium in place of Uranium in nuclear reactors. Take a look at your "yellowish" older lenses, and realize that your lens could be your own nuclear reactor!

Not really.


Raid

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-24638816



"Nuclear scientists are being urged by the former UN weapons inspector Hans Blix to develop thorium as a new fuel. Mr Blix says that the radioactive element may prove much safer in reactors than uranium."

 

[3rdtrick]

...and your Coleman lanterns too. They have Thorium in the mantles. I have quite a few Thorium reactors in my basement. Hope the authorities do not find out.
Pete

 

[raid]

I once used a Geiger counter to check out how strong the radioactivity was in a camera lens.

 

[raid]

Why is this thread hidden, while other threads with fewer views or comments are shown prominently?

 

[raid]

Is there a software ordering mechanism based on the name of the topic or section in which it is posted?

 

[raid]

I will post about it.

 

[3rdtrick]

This thread came up for me in 'New Posts' and I see it each time I search.
Since my reply, I have seen several black cars driving slowly in front of my house...
Pete

 

[citizen99]

Back in the '60s, I was using a Geiger counter to check a small, screw-tip mounted, calibration source for an instrument (I forget which the element was).
Tick.. tick.tick.... tick ...

Out of curiosity, I brought in a 1920s luminous watch, prossibly having Radium in the numerals paint.
White noise wipe-out from the counter .

 

[3rdtrick]

There was also orange pottery that I think was taken off the market but you can still find it.

 

[Spanik]

Well, they still have to build an actual reactor that works with the stuff and after that prove it is safer.

Now, my SMC 50/1.4 is a lot more radioactive than any smokedetector I tested

 

[raid]

This thread came up for me in 'New Posts' and I see it each time I search.
Since my reply, I have seen several black cars driving slowly in front of my house...
Pete

When you use New Posts, it pops up. This is correct.
What I said was that when I log on to RFF, I see "active threads", and there, this thread is not shown.

 

[raid]

I was told not to hug my camera throughout the night ... with its Thorium lens!

 

[Scrambler]

I was told not to hug my camera throughout the night ... with its Thorium lens!

If your lens worries you, better not fly anywhere.
http://www.hps.org/publicinformation/ate/faqs/commercialflights.html

 

[3rdtrick]

I wonder if this is the cause of the "Leica Glow"???

 

[raid]

It is the Pentax Takumar Glow.