Published: November 17th, 2011 at 11:03 am ET
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Truck With Uranium Fuel Rods Wrecks on I-40, WREG, Nov. 16, 2011:
“A real scare” .. “This could happen at any time”
[...] A truck carrying uranium fuel rods was rear-ended on I-40 westbound near U.S. Highway 64 Tuesday night. [...]
No fuel rods fell off the truck. The Emergency Management Agency said that their staff also used small devices to monitor the level of radiation in the area. An alarm would sound at the detection of radiation, and the device provides a read on the level of radiation present.
The EMA was not able to say what type of fuel rods were being transported on the truck. Often times, uranium rods are used for nuclear power plants or for hospital radiation therapy.
The EMA also said that vehicles carrying such rods are not unusual in the area. [...]
h/t Anonymous tip
Watch the video here: http://www.wreg.com/videogallery/66118549/News/Truck-Hauling-Uranium-Crashes-on-I-40
Published: November 17th, 2011 at 11:03 am ET
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Fortunately, there is nothing to worry about. The truck was rear-ended. (by what?) No fuel rods fell off the truck (but were they intact inside the truck?); traffic was routed around the accident. We have been led to believe that these trucks emit radiation routinely, and the drivers are not even aware that they are being exposed to radiation. But we don’t need to be concerned. They used devices to measure for any possible radiation (which type of radiation?). Used devices? Good grief.
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We are not suppose to know these things so we will feel safe !
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Simple explanation…
The radioactive fuel rods were hidden in hot dog buns, after being sprayed with brown spray paint and meat flavoring. The hot dog buns were put into lunch pails, along with a banana. The lunch pails were stacked ten high and secured with bungee cords.
During the crash, some of these 'hot' dogs were tossed about, but when wild and pet dogs in the area smelled the meat, they ran in and cleaned up all of the loose radioactive pellets by eating them.
No harmful radiation was detected.
There is no IMMEDIATE threat to human health.
Ignore the beeping and chirping radiation monitors being held by white suited guys with full helmets and oxygen supply. They are from the city sanitation department, checking to make sure there is no garbage or dangerous dog feces left laying about.
There is a danger of infection from dog feces. If you feel faint, have nose bleeds, have nausea or your hair falls out, have your doctor check you out for dog feces caused infections.
Sarcasm Class dismissed.
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Yes, DR. Youre right … nothing to see here … LOL
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“It can’t happen here, it can’t happen here, oh baby, it’s important that you believe me, bah bah bah bah, that it can’t happen here….” Frank Zappa/Freak Out
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*****(RE;Alaskan Radionuclide ground deposition via fallout)***** <>”Watch out where the Huskie’s go”~”Don’t you eat that yellow(glowing)snow”!!LOL!!
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Whoooo could imagine……
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This is why the Environmental Working Group opposed the Yucca Mountain repository. They have a very interesting analysis of the transportation routes the waste would need to follow across the country to get to Nevada and the multiple risks posed during the time the stuff is in transit:
“Hearing: Safety and Security of Spent Nuclear Fuel Transportation”
http://www.ewg.org/node/27172
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Read carefully:
“The Emergency Management Agency said that their staff also used small devices to monitor the level of radiation in the area. An alarm would sound at the detection of radiation, and the device provides a read on the level of radiation present.”
Many would take that as saying they didn’t detect any radiation, BUT all they said there was their methodology. They didn’t say whether or not any radiation was detected.
If I was a conspiracy theorist…
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very very very small confidence “we’ve got it under control” devices. They are four nanometers long and wide and high and are implanted in our wallets! Very handy because (we as FEMA supermen) may be called to “stroke the pub(l)ic’s confidence back in order” any moment day or night so we must be prepared.
They are next to the “shark repellant” and next to the “manta ray repellant” over from the “whale repallant” tiny devices in our ….
BAT wallets!
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If there was NO RADIATION, why can you see that all of the emergency trucks, fire trucks, ambulances and police are parked about 1/2 mile away from where the actual truck crash is?
The reporter tries to zoom in on the truck and cannot even see it, because it is SO FAR AWAY.
If this is a SAFE situation, with no radiation, why not move right up to the truck and touch it? Why not show the 100 ton cask that the industry likes to show off as crash proof, burn proof and etc, where no radiation can be released?
Who wants to bet that they no longer use these heavy, expensive crash proof casks, because they are 'too expensive'?
Since radiation is invisible and the rods look like standard steel, no one will notice if we drive that through town, without putting the rods inside a cask first…
Just sayin; I have heard of wilder stories, and until proven otherwise, this is what may have happened.
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So now they plan to take it to Odessa Tx and screw that aquifer up.
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Something is not right about that. Transporation of these things is supposed to be secure.
Just like this from AJ’s channel today…..on a flat bed?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JAFQ6orSw3c&feature=colike
WTF?
They have put a lot of effort into showing how they transport these things and how safe they are, There is even video of trains hitting the trucks carrying waste and the special transportation units do not leak any radiation. But this is a flat bed and rods falling off? It does not add up
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Washington State residents:
“Radioactive chemical waste could travel through Spokane”
On Interstate 90
http://www.krem.com/news/local/Radioactive-chemical-waste-could-travel-through-Spokane-133403408.html
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My cat knows more about nucleonics than m3ow131 and my cat’s not a shill.
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