http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ CityCyclingEdinburgh Forum » Topic: Radiation Warning (or not) symbols on Evan's bikes en Mon, 18 May 2026 21:01:41 +0000 http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=14253#post-179261 Thu, 29 Jan 2015 10:40:58 +0000 acsimpson 179261@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>A little off topic but a quick reminder to anyone who took Evans up on their pre Christmas Voucher offer and haven't yet spent the "free" voucher. I remembered last night that they expire on Saturday so now have a new pair of shorts in the post. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=14253#post-178508 Thu, 22 Jan 2015 00:20:19 +0000 Cyclingmollie 178508@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>And I was getting on so well with my tax return, Uberuce. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=14253#post-178493 Wed, 21 Jan 2015 22:10:07 +0000 Stickman 178493@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>@Beano: Cheers for that. </p> <p>@Uberuce: I remember reading that previously. I like xkcd :-) </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=14253#post-178487 Wed, 21 Jan 2015 21:32:57 +0000 Uberuce 178487@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p><a href="https://what-if.xkcd.com/29/" rel="nofollow">https://what-if.xkcd.com/29/</a> </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=14253#post-178481 Wed, 21 Jan 2015 20:45:52 +0000 Beano 178481@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>@stickman - I've worked on a few nuclear plants (only the ones they are decommissioning) and haven't come across that before so it sounds like an urban myth. </p> <p>However, pre-2011 some sites insisted on a very low clearance level of 0.4 Bq/g which you could exceed with Brazil nuts so there might have been some weight to the myth. </p> <p>I did work on a site where the reactor bases got filled with groundwater and the site had trouble getting agreement from the SEPA to get rid of it even though it was more radioactive when it passed INTO the nuclear site (as most water is mildly radioactive). </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=14253#post-178463 Wed, 21 Jan 2015 17:58:39 +0000 Stickman 178463@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Beano, perhaps you can confirm/deny a story I was told: </p> <p>You can take bananas or Brazil nuts into a nuclear power plant for lunch, but you have to eat them there and not take them home. The naturally occurring radioactivity from the potassium in them would mean they would be classed as low-level nuclear waste and have to go through proper disposal methods. </p> <p>Urban myth? </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=14253#post-178446 Wed, 21 Jan 2015 17:21:12 +0000 Beano 178446@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>@DaveC - Dalgety Bay seems to have got caught in a long drawn out battle between SEPA and the MoD to get it cleaned up. Don't think both parties are blameless but I believe things are progressing but I haven't checked up in a while.</p> <p>The omission of a symbol is probably deliberate so as not to instigate panic.</p> <p>As long as you are not eating the sand in large volumes then you should be fine. Chances of ingesting a radioactive particle are tiny; even if you did ingest one the radiation dose to you might be no different than that of a CT body scan and people seem to have no problem with that concept (granted a CT scan is for your benefit; eating a radioactive particle inadvertently is not). </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=14253#post-178445 Wed, 21 Jan 2015 17:10:08 +0000 I were right about that saddle 178445@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Both naturally occurring isotopes of lithium are stable so the stickers are quite unnecessary. Mind you, the oddest things can wind up glowing in the dark;</p> <p><a href="http://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1908&amp;dat=19840203&amp;id=-JcfAAAAIBAJ&amp;sjid=VdQEAAAAIBAJ&amp;pg=3893,2708437" rel="nofollow">http://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1908&amp;dat=19840203&amp;id=-JcfAAAAIBAJ&amp;sjid=VdQEAAAAIBAJ&amp;pg=3893,2708437</a> </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=14253#post-178443 Wed, 21 Jan 2015 16:59:26 +0000 DaveC 178443@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Beano, could you do somethig about Dalgety Bay? We have a radioactive beach but no radioactive symbols on the signs. I feel me are loosing out. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=14253#post-178436 Wed, 21 Jan 2015 16:37:13 +0000 Beano 178436@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>@stiltskin - grumble grumble at the NukeProof website... </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=14253#post-178431 Wed, 21 Jan 2015 16:13:07 +0000 Min 178431@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Yes, the Fire Brigade really don't like the radiation symbol. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=14253#post-178428 Wed, 21 Jan 2015 15:54:03 +0000 Beano 178428@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p><a href="http://www.edinburghnews.scotsman.com/news/building-sealed-off-over-radioactive-packages-1-1251144">null</a></p> <p>NAIR invoked (National Arrangements for Incidents Involving Radiation)<br /> Eight fire engines<br /> specialist emergency support vehicle<br /> 28 fire service personnel<br /> street closed - 100 yard cordon<br /> decontamination shower erected<br /> etc etc</p> <p>all for some tiny school sources that many in their 50s/60s might have played with at school. absolutely no risk to the public but probably cost the tax payer tens of thousands... </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=14253#post-178427 Wed, 21 Jan 2015 15:41:12 +0000 stiltskin 178427@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>I take it that you also don't own a Nukeproof mtb? If anyone deserves being done under the Trades Description Act it's them. I have grave reservations about how effective the brand would be in the event of a nuclear disaster. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=14253#post-178426 Wed, 21 Jan 2015 15:40:05 +0000 Morningsider 178426@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>I knew it - cyclists simply aren't content with making everyone drive at 20mph. They now intend to subject otherwise law abiding motorists to nuclear armageddon. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=14253#post-178424 Wed, 21 Jan 2015 15:30:54 +0000 Beano 178424@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Interesting spot at lunchtime whilst at Evans Cycles. I've a good mind to take this up with Evans as I think it is bad practice, completely unnecessary and has the potential to cause alarm.</p> <p><img src="https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7511/16147572807_c1e501d212_z.jpg"></p> <p><img src="https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7507/16307514426_71aab60f83_z.jpg"></p> <p>Hopefully these images come through as first time trying to upload an image.</p> <p>My job, as a Radiation Protection Adviser, is to advise people on how to work with ionising radiations safely. The misuse of the radiation symbol is a personal irritation of mine and has the potential to cause an incident/confusion later on down the line.</p> <p>A hazard warning symbol is there to warn persons of the hazard not to NOT warn them that there is no hazard. </p> <p>Would anyone who's bike 'glowed' in the dark ACTUALLY believe that their bike may be radioactive!? is that what the world is coming to? </p>