Radioactive fallout and NVS

[The_War_Wagon]

Heaven HELP us if Japanese reactor fallout hits Pittsburgh , BUT... my Bing-fu appears weak this morning; does anyone know IF or HOW such fallout might affect NVS?

With a crack in the containment vessel of a second reactor appearing to be the case this morning, should any of it reach the west coast, what concerns/precautions should one consider in using NVS? Could it DAMAGE the optic in any way?

[QuietShootr]

Heaven HELP us if Japanese reactor fallout hits Pittsburgh , BUT... my Bing-fu appears weak this morning; does anyone know IF or HOW such fallout might affect NVS?

With a crack in the containment vessel of a second reactor appearing to be the case this morning, should any of it reach the west coast, what concerns/precautions should one consider in using NVS? Could it DAMAGE the optic in any way?

No.

[Littlelebowski]

This may be the most way out there case of "WHAT IF" I have ever seen.....

[Kyohte]

On March 19th the Super Moon's super gravitational pull will suck all the all the leaking radiation sky high. The radiation will then form a giant George W. Bush, and it will kung-fu fight with Al Gore. Also, I'm sure Godzilla is involved in this some how, seeing as it is Japan and all.

I mean really. Know one really knows what is going on. There are a limited number of these events in the past to draw knowledge on. Everyone is making it up as they go (so to speak); it doesn't help that the Japanese government is being extremely tight lipped on the situation.

Oh, about your optic? Who knows?

[The_War_Wagon]

Heyyyyyyyy... I hadn't had my coffee yet when the question occurred to me - gimmee a break.

[Kyohte]

Heyyyyyyyy... I hadn't had my coffee yet when the question occurred to me - gimmee a break.

I thought you'd been watching too much Predator 2. Lack of coffee does do strange things to the brain.

I can only speculate that the small amount of radiation that could reach the coast wouldn't harm it or even interfere with it. Most night vision is thermal, so the radiation would have to give off significant amounts of thermal energy (heat). I'm not sure that all decaying particles release heat I'm a biochemist, not a nuclear physicist. I think if you had enough of these particles decaying in your general area that the last thing you'd be worrying about is your optic.

[kwelz]

I was speaking to my father about this last night. He used to work on Nukes in the AF. The amount of radiation that will reach the west coast is less dangerous than the Root beer sitting next to me on my desk.

[709bubblehead]

I was speaking to my father about this last night. He used to work on Nukes in the AF. The amount of radiation that will reach the west coast is less dangerous than the Root beer sitting next to me on my desk.

This is correct. I was a Navy Nuke for over 9 years. We go through a training pipeline that, among other things, dumps a huge amount of nuclear/ reactor physics and radiological controls down your throat in a very short period of time. One of my instructors likened it to being spoonfed with a bulldozer. I remember reading somewhere yesterday that radiation levels of .5 millirem were detected in Tokyo. I realize that to a lot of people, that sounds scary, but it's actually laughable the way the MSM is trying to scare the crap out of everyone. What's even funnier is the number of people freaking out about it here and buying up iodine pills like it's going out of style. Just to put things into perspective, during my 4 1/2 sea tour, I received a total of 550 millirem. I don't glow in the dark, I don't have cancer and don't have any new appendages growing anywhere...

[kartoffel]

what concerns/precautions should one consider in using NVS? Could it DAMAGE the optic in any way?

The radiation won't affect your night vision gear one bit. Even if you took your optics to Chernobyl, they'd still work fine.

If you want to simulate a worst case radiation environment for the Japanese reactors, bury your optics in some kitty litter. Seriously. That's about the level of radiation you'd get in PGH from a worst case event in Japan. Yes, kitty litter is radioactive.

[Eurodriver]

This is correct. I was a Navy Nuke for over 9 years. We go through a training pipeline that, among other things, dumps a huge amount of nuclear/ reactor physics and radiological controls down your throat in a very short period of time. One of my instructors likened it to being spoonfed with a bulldozer. I remember reading somewhere yesterday that radiation levels of .5 millirem were detected in Tokyo. I realize that to a lot of people, that sounds scary, but it's actually laughable the way the MSM is trying to scare the crap out of everyone. What's even funnier is the number of people freaking out about it here and buying up iodine pills like it's going out of style. Just to put things into perspective, during my 4 1/2 sea tour, I received a total of 550 millirem. I don't glow in the dark, I don't have cancer and don't have any new appendages growing anywhere...

Just because you want to be subjected to 550 millirem of radiation poising doesn't mean I want even .5! I have lived in brick or stone buildings my whole life to protect me from potential radiation sources...

Im in Hawaii now and I am alot closer than most are to Japan (Even the Japanese, because the wind is blowing this way) I'm thinking about getting some lead containers for my ammunition so the radiation doesn't get to it, I may sprinkle salt all over my weapons and accessories for the iodine. After all, what good is my SHTF equipment if its glowing?