New Wave of Nuclear Weapons

Originally posted by Starwars50
I personally have worked with scientists who worked on the Manhattan project. Some had single day doses in the 5-10 rem range, and are still alive (and cancer free) in their 80s and 90s.

Were they exposed to radioactive material for their whole life as child, did they eat contaminated food?


en.wikipedia.org...
www.chernobyl.co.uk...


Here's about Sellafield nuclear waste processing plant:
www.llrc.org...
Between 1974 and 1989, relative risk of leukemia in children aged 0-4 in coastal areas of Wales adjacent to the Irish Sea was over four times...

en.wikipedia.org...



But I guess that they are "safe" as long as your home and yard isn't contaminated with fallout.