BANG and the radiation is GONE.
BANG and the radiation is GONE.
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IforB

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9,840 posts

258 months

Tuesday 29th September 2009
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So it seems that the product that spawned the career of the world's most aggravating man is being used to decontaminate old reactors. Who'd have thought it? Do you think the chap who suggested it was just taking the pi**?
What are "plutonium stains" though? Is that something that DAZ failed to shift?

Douneray Article said:
The discovery came when a decommissioning team found their normal cleaning fluid was slowing down work to dismantle an experimental chemical plant used in the 1980s to recycle plutonium liquor.

One of the team suggested trying Cillit Bang, after watching a television advert that suggested it could strip grime instantly from a 2p coin.
http://www.dounreay.com/news/2009-08-24/cillit-ban...



Edited by IforB on Tuesday 29th September 23:28

Defcon

1,211 posts

219 months

Tuesday 29th September 2009
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Any company that describes its existence in its own press release should be using salad cream for such a job.

J500ANT

3,103 posts

268 months

Tuesday 29th September 2009
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My Brothers FIL used to work at Dounreay. He's called Homer smile

I wonder if they'd have tried Radion if it was still made


On a different Nuclear power related topic, http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/howabou...

Edited by J500ANT on Tuesday 29th September 23:53

The Prophet

129 posts

207 months

Wednesday 30th September 2009
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Douneray Article said:
plutonium liquor
They really will drink anything in Scotland.


DownUnder.

828 posts

206 months

Wednesday 30th September 2009
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I'm ashamed to say that my dad is one of the senior safety consultants involved on this project.

Who said Belfast boys wouldn't make it anywhere in life Ey'.