Tunes For Nuclear Workers
As someone who has spent a large part of his career in the nuclear energy field, I can assure you that this video is brilliant. The industry has been trying, for years now, to keep radiation dose to workers to an absolute minimum. It's known by the acronym ALARA or As Low As Reasonably Achievable. The training for this, however, has been less than scintillating. Oh, it is absolutely factual, perfectly correct and transmits all the information a worker needs - but you can't dance to it. Well now, rad workers can:
Okay, I know most people won't know what the heck they are talking about, but to an insider, it's spot on accurate. (An RWP is a Radiation Work Permit, by the way). We tend to be overly acronymic in the nuclear power field.
Geek Stuff | Gaius Friday, 28 March , 2008
By Larry Sheldon, Friday, 28 March , 2008 @ 9:03 pm
Several lives back I worked for a company that made industrial and medical sources so a lot of that is familiar. But the procedures have tightened a bit, I’d guess.Some of what we went through is funny in retrospect, but some is scary.
By plantlady, Saturday, 29 March , 2008 @ 5:16 pm
First time I ever saw anyone playing a guitar with gloves. Was he (she?) really playing?
By Gaius, Saturday, 29 March , 2008 @ 5:22 pm
No, I’m sure he/she was not actually playing.
By Luke, Sunday, 30 March , 2008 @ 4:01 am
Well, let’s just say I’d like to see Jackson Browne, Graham Nash and Bonnie Rait produce something as entertaining, sensible, amusing and educational as this for once.
By wheels, Sunday, 30 March , 2008 @ 9:18 pm
Those certainly aren’t the canary suits that I’m familiar with from the 1970s. And I don’t know what that <something>TD that buzzes is; we used TLDs back then.
By BadBob, Monday, 31 March , 2008 @ 10:03 am
EPD Mk2 Electronic Personal Dosimeter. We still use TLDs for the official dose record.
http://www.thermo.com/com/cda/product/detail/0,1055,15598,00.html
Banana suits have evolved, most are lightweight synthetics now. These are known as "cassie" (CASI) suits .. waterproof fro wet areas but more breathable than the old rubber gear.