Thread: U.K. Royal Navy ‘Distressed and Concerned’ by Illegal Chinese Salvage of WWII Wrecks

If only there were such things that could check background radiation levels (from whatever source) and check non background radiation levels for use in plants with radioactive substances. Oh, there are... Geiger counters for one.

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Originally Posted by Pragmatic

Ie fishermen who constantly get there nets tangled up in them causing loss of earnings.

Problem is that lost nets keeps fishing

Originally Posted by Stretchy

If only there were such things that could check background radiation levels (from whatever source) and check non background radiation levels for use in plants with radioactive substances. Oh, there are... Geiger counters for one.

^ I'm sure Trump loves you bigly.

Yeah, you really didn't get the gist of the article did you.

Originally Posted by harrybarracuda

Yeah, you really didn't get the gist of the article did you.

Which article?

Not that it matters. The Chinese ship is taking scrap metal. It makes no difference what the metal is used for. There is still background radiation. Geiger counters are still needed and used.

Originally Posted by helge

Problem is that lost nets keeps fishing

Very true.

Originally Posted by Stretchy

Which article?

Not that it matters. The Chinese ship is taking scrap metal. It makes no difference what the metal is used for. There is still background radiation. Geiger counters are still needed and used.

That would be why I said:

It seems there is a supposed to be a market for this low background steel in things like Geiger counters, but since background radiation isn't really a thing these days, it's more likely the chinky scum were just pillaging scrap.

And then I explained why.

And now you understand it, so job done.

So we agree that background radiation is still a thing these days. Wonderful.