Chernobyl Visit

Oh, one of the guys was wearing a dosimeter. He reports 0.004mSv the first day, 0.008mSv the second day (when we were at the reactor and the really hot stuff) and 0.004mSv the last day. (1 mrem =0.01mSv) So roughly 0.016mSv total

By comparison, during their flights airline crews typically get an extra dose on the order of 2.2mSv (220 mrem) per year... a single coast to coast flight is about 0.03 mSv. So it's likely I got four times the radiation flying there and back as I actually got while there...

We all receive an average around 3mSv annually from "normal" background.

Also by comparison a chest x-ray is 0.1 mSv and a CT ranges from 7.0mSv to about 15 mSv.

Awesome awesome awesome!

Definitely a way cool trip!

If you come back with super powers, I will be so jealous!

wcelliot wrote: Oh, one of the guys was wearing a dosimeter. He reports 0.004mSv the first day, 0.008mSv the second day (when we were at the reactor and the really hot stuff) and 0.004mSv the last day. (1 mrem =0.01mSv) So roughly 0.016mSv total

So, nothing.

<--- Got 87 mrem in about 45 minutes last time I had to do maintenance on our cyclotron. We are limited to 100 in one sitting and 2500 / year, which is half of the OSHA allowance. No superpowers either, unless the ability to change an O-Ring on a cyclotron is a superpower.

I canme back with a strange and unnatrual desire to repurchase my previous MG Metro Turbo (that I ..um... "got" in the country about a decade ago but which is now actually old enough to be legal and for sale again).

Can I sue the Urkraine, you think? ;-)

Very cool. I would like to do that one of these days.

Awesome trip! Thanks for sharing.

fb pics probably need album permissions set to world readable

amazing, just amazing man. I'd love to see all that.

I have to ask though, how erie was it? I know playing the one level on Modern Warfare 2 where your in Prypiat and have to run through a little of the city and run to the ferris wheel gets me spooked haha and just looking at pictues......

Awesome.

Just a thought on the FB photos. I bet you have the security setup so only your friends can see your pictures. I looked at your FB main page and couldn't find a link to the photo section like I can with my personal friends.

I have each of the individual Chernobyl albums open for "everyone". Do you think my basic account settings override that?

wcelliot wrote: The group is potentially planning an autumn event... and serriously planning a March 2012 even (which I am likely going to go on... with my wife even considering it) Drop me a PM if you'd like more info as it becomes available.

PM sent. I don't always have success with PMs on this site, so if you don't get it just e-mail me directly cottonyzf at gmail dot com. Thanks!

reply sent via normal email; check your spam bucket if you don't see soon

Depsite my best efforts it appears a lot so folks simply can't see my FB photos even though they are theoretically open to everyone. A FB guru told me the olny sure way was to post the "public links" for each folder, so here goes:

Group shots

http://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.10150194410157030.301857.697842029&l=56cc838cb1

Worker’s Hotel

http://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.10150189293647030.300218.697842029&l=19c8d3deb3

Misc

http://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.10150190231532030.300520.697842029&l=b3e09d6707

Trains

http://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.10150190205317030.300511.697842029&l=e3dacdcec3

River Landing

http://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.10150190180662030.300504.697842029&l=e27fea704e

Recreation Shop

http://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.10150190154572030.300485.697842029&l=97621b200f

Porn Shoot

http://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.10150190030337030.300452.697842029&l=dc0fe83fd9

Cultural Palace

http://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.10150189991257030.300438.697842029&l=820289eec3

Cooling Towers/ Fish

http://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.10150189356597030.300238.697842029&l=638be73172

Fairgrounds

http://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.10150189841187030.300401.697842029&l=a4429b632a

Hi-rise views

http://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.10150189832012030.300399.697842029&l=3ea0652653

Hi-Rise Apartments

http://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.10150189825107030.300395.697842029&l=c3d9967cd5

Park/Monument

http://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.10150189818497030.300394.697842029&l=ff87184f77

Church

http://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.10150189812442030.300393.697842029&l=ed754965b7

Greenhouses/Lab

http://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.10150189574232030.300311.697842029&l=34399790d2

Pool

http://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.10150189516217030.300296.697842029&l=53bc5f5c0a

Claw

http://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.10150189511892030.300294.697842029&l=2d567d905e

Police station and military vehicle repair depot

http://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.10150189505667030.300291.697842029&l=c50620b224

Fire Station

http://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.10150189499472030.300290.697842029

Reactor 4

http://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.10150189382452030.300242.697842029&l=e91c81a5f0

Middle School (Warning: some disturbing views)

http://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.10150189538482030.300299.697842029&l=282b919bde

Kindergarten (Warning: some disturbing views)

http://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.10150190159802030.300488.697842029&l=c67b825e4d

Leaving

http://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.10150190226932030.300518.697842029&l=fc1810e92d

Outprocessing

http://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.10150190218572030.300517.697842029&l=8c52241af9

Kiev War Museum

http://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.10150190710342030.300634.697842029&l=061e35832a

Kiev

http://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.10150190673592030.300628.697842029&l=f2b2163f52