Radioactive Kilt

[kennethc]

Came across this on Google Earth, http://www.panoramio.com//photo/2031466

It must be a cheap kilt, who in their right minds would bring a good kilt into one of the most radioactive places in the world

[sathor]

to each their own I guess, how many Oz is lead foil again?

[george7]

It's much easier to wear a kilt than find a 3 legged pair of jeans.

[piperdbh]

I knew the kilt was powerful, but I didn't know it was THAT powerful!

[The Celtic Gypsy]

i wonder if it glows in the dark?

[turpin]

It all depends on where in Chernobyl that fellow is. There are places relatively close to the reactor that are clean due to the prevailing winds at the time of the accident. Also, some of the radionuclides released have a relatively short half-life so the total activity continues to decline (although such thinks as uranium and plutonium are around for the long haul - U-235 @ 740 years, U-238 @ 4 billion, Pu-239 @ 24,000)

here endeth the lesson. I just got home from a radiation conference - can you tell?

[The Barry]

That prompts a new answer to "the question"!

A dosimeter!

[wyldathart]

That place has got to be spooky. All quiet and empty. The real tragedy is the children that were born right after the accident.

[GMan]

I knew the kilt was powerful, but I didn't know it was THAT powerful!

That had me rolling on the floor.