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OT: Another Side Of The Nuclear Industry

CTMike
CTMike Posts: 3,446
in EggHead Forum
My heart decided to act up yesterday so I was admitted for a cardiac work up. Lying here waiting for the nuclear stress test after being injected with Technetium-99. 

Last I knew, all of the radio pharmaceuticals were made in three reactors around the world:

One in Canada, another in Sweden, and lastly in South Africa. They need to coordinate outages with each other so that when one needs to go offline for maintenance, the others need to make up the delta to keep up with demand. 


MMBGE / Large BGE / XL BGE (Craigslist Find) / SF30x80 cabinet trailer - "Ol' Mortimer" / Outdoor kitchen in progress.  

RECOVERING BUBBLEHEAD
Southeastern CT. 
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  • lkapigian
    lkapigian Posts: 11,214
    Speedy Recovery my friend 
    Visalia, Ca @lkapigian
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  • Ragingirishman2
    Ragingirishman2 Posts: 516
    Good luck with the test today, my son had that test 2 weeks ago. I had never considered the the source of the materials used for the test. That is a pretty small number of facilities, and none being in the US is a little surprising. 
    XL BGE
    Plainfield, IL.
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  • CTMike
    CTMike Posts: 3,446
    Ragingirishman2 said:
    Good luck with the test today, my son had that test 2 weeks ago. I had never considered the the source of the materials used for the test. That is a pretty small number of facilities, and none being in the US is a little surprising. 
    My knowledge comes from a conference I attended back in 2010 or so, I assume there are more production facilities now. 
    MMBGE / Large BGE / XL BGE (Craigslist Find) / SF30x80 cabinet trailer - "Ol' Mortimer" / Outdoor kitchen in progress.  

    RECOVERING BUBBLEHEAD
    Southeastern CT. 
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  • alaskanassasin
    alaskanassasin Posts: 8,371
    Dang @CTMike someone better be cooking you a pork shoulder and ribs! Hang in there buddy, hopefully you just had too much coffee or something along those lines.
    South of Columbus, Ohio.


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  • bradleya123
    bradleya123 Posts: 475
    Sick bay, ugh. never liked it! Get better soonest!!
    Retired Navy, LBGE
    Pinehurst, NC

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  • shtgunal3
    shtgunal3 Posts: 5,911
    Praying you are on the mend ASAP

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     LBGE,SBGE, and a Mini makes three......Sweet home Alabama........ Stay thirsty my friends .

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  • caliking
    caliking Posts: 19,009
    Hope your test results are unexciting, Mike. They may discharge you sooner if you keep hitting them with the science nerd trivia :smiley:

    #1 LBGE December 2012 • #2 SBGE February  2013 • #3 Mini May 2013
    A happy BGE family in Houston, TX.
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  • CTMike
    CTMike Posts: 3,446
    edited 5:34PM
    caliking said:
    Hope your test results are unexciting, Mike. They may discharge you sooner if you keep hitting them with the science nerd trivia :smiley:
    Nah, I tend to keep my nerdiness (nerdness? nerdishness?) shoved down where no one sees it when amongst people I don't know, similar to what I have to do with my dark and twisted submariner brand of humor. 

    Because of how busy the hospital is, I was given a room on the L&D floor. Pretty nice having a large private room to myself. 
    MMBGE / Large BGE / XL BGE (Craigslist Find) / SF30x80 cabinet trailer - "Ol' Mortimer" / Outdoor kitchen in progress.  

    RECOVERING BUBBLEHEAD
    Southeastern CT. 
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