Marlene is indeed living in London at this time, and even has a role in an upcoming film made at the Pinewood studios.
Thanx for that explenation. I presumed correctly the meaning, but did not knew exectly what the abriviations stood for.trekaddict said:TTL = This Time Line, OTL = Our or Original Time Line
trekaddict said:Well, I researched the Uranium mining and Radiation sickness and to my shame couldn't find exact figures for exposure from mining alone. My Google skills are too low.
I made this up because there is no way I am going to send any of my characters into the vincinity of a poorly protected reactor pile.
trekaddict said:As said, my knowledge of Nuclear Power is limited. I knew that the mining of U-238 is relatively save, and that the accident was stretching it a bit, but other than that...
Winner said:I think you could use some OTL accidents - some pretty horrible ones happened in America during the development of their bomb. Doesn't matter, really
Never maind! It's also WOW almost 1000 post!trekaddict said:Two things: The next update will be considerably better, at least I hope so as I won't rush things simply to get it over with as with this one. Secondly: Wow, almost 20000 views.
Cool! *off to find U-238 beds in the IKEA catalog*Winner said:You could probably sleep on a bed made of uranium-238 for your whole life without suffering any health problems.
Had a mate who worked on the Namibian uranium mines as I recall they didn't worry at all about radioactivity, just the normal mining risks of explosions, being hit by a digger, etc.trekaddict said:I knew that the mining of U-238 is relatively save, and that the accident was stretching it a bit, but other than that...
El Pip said:Had a mate who worked on the Namibian uranium mines as I recall they didn't worry at all about radioactivity, just the normal mining risks of explosions, being hit by a digger, etc.
Conversely the chaps on the Cornish Tin Mines did worry about radiation, mainly from the Radon gas associated with the granite. Before proper ventilation it got through quite a few miners a year from slow low level radiation poisoning, so if the fans stopped for too long, too often people got a bit nervous.
Random mining related ramble, but then I get so few chances I have to grab them when I can.
I wasn't trying to point out any mistakes, I just enjoyed the excuse to use the mining degree I did.trekaddict said:I'm going to change it then. I might add that as long as it doesn't become pedantery you are free to point out any scientific mistakes that I am bound to make.
El Pip said:I wasn't trying to point out any mistakes, I just enjoyed the excuse to use the mining degree I did.