Happy Hiroshima Day! (technical question)
 

I've always wondered...if today I were to bring a geiger
counter alongside of a later model Japanese-assembled
Toyota or Nissan sitin in the lot, would I register
some Alpha or Beta Particle counts...?

How about my Hitachi VCR also...?

What Jap factories today are located nearby Hiroshima
and Nagasaki ?



"Rev. wRy" wrote in message
...
DE wrote:
At 9:15am, Col. Paul Tibbets releases "Little Boy" over Hiroshima and
executes a hard, 159-degree turn. 40 seconds later, the Atomic Bomb
detonates, yielding a 12.5 kiloton explosion and a huge, black
mushroom cloud. About 45,000 people are killed immediately, and
another 200,000 are killed by leukemia and other radiation illnesses.


Made in U.S.A.
Tested in Japan
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Party like it's 1945!

Rev. wRy

ObT: Ah, fuggit. I quit drinking for a few months. Nothing is
remotely tasteless, except maybe the act of not drinking.

"unreal cheeze" wrote in message .. .
I've always wondered...if today I were to bring a geiger
counter alongside of a later model Japanese-assembled
Toyota or Nissan sitin in the lot, would I register
some Alpha or Beta Particle counts...?

Alas, you could bring a geiger counter right to the hypocenters of the
Hiroshima and Nagasaki explosions and still register nothing.
Apparently, any residual radiation from the bombs has faded far below
the natural background radiation levels. Same goes for the Trinity
site and most of the Nevada test site so long as you don't pick up any
of the funny green glassy bits.


What Jap factories today are located nearby Hiroshima
and Nagasaki ?

I know that Mitsubishi had a large manufacturing plant in Nakasaki
that was burned out when the city got nuked. They produced torpedoes
for the Jap submarines, which is how we now justify selecting the city
as a military target. I'm not sure if Mitsubishi still has a presence
in the city; I imagine so.

If you find traces of radioactivity on any Nip exports today, it is
most likely from one of several nuclear accidents over the more recent
years.

Incidentally, the Little Boy was a piddly inefficient little nuke. We
used up 67 kilograms of enriched uranium just to make a 12 kiloton
bang. Feh. The Fat Man used a 6.2 kilogram plutonium core for a 23
kiloton explosion. It was the more efficient implosion model, as
opposed to the untested gun-type Little Boy.

Still, though.... One shot, one hundred thousand kills. That's
progress.

"unreal cheeze" wrote in message
...
I've always wondered...if today I were to bring a geiger
counter alongside of a later model Japanese-assembled
Toyota or Nissan sitin in the lot, would I register
some Alpha or Beta Particle counts...?

How about my Hitachi VCR also...?


Not many Toyota or Nissan cars sold in the US are made in Japan, most are
made in the US.

Your Hitachi VCR was likely made in Malaysia or China, possibly Thailand..

Mazda has an assembly plant in Hiroshima. Don't know if these cars are
exported to the US. Mitsubishi has a machine tool plant there that does
export to the US.

ps, Why is it that every year at this time, the press bombards us with
"remember Hiroshima", but NOBODY reminds us to remember December 7th? People
need to know that if you pick a fight; you might get your ass kicked!


"unreal cheeze" wrote in message
...
I've always wondered...if today I were to bring a geiger
counter alongside of a later model Japanese-assembled
Toyota or Nissan sitin in the lot, would I register
some Alpha or Beta Particle counts...?

How about my Hitachi VCR also...?

What Jap factories today are located nearby Hiroshima
and Nagasaki ?



"Rev. wRy" wrote in message
...
DE wrote:
At 9:15am, Col. Paul Tibbets releases "Little Boy" over Hiroshima and
executes a hard, 159-degree turn. 40 seconds later, the Atomic Bomb
detonates, yielding a 12.5 kiloton explosion and a huge, black
mushroom cloud. About 45,000 people are killed immediately, and
another 200,000 are killed by leukemia and other radiation illnesses.


Made in U.S.A.
Tested in Japan
..SSS$$$$$SSSsss..
...sssSSS$$$$$$$$$$SSSsss...
...sssSSS$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$SSSsss...
...sssSSS$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$SSSsss...
...sssSSS$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$SSSsss...
'' ''~~~^^SSS$$$$$$$$$$$SSS^^~~~~~ ``
"$$$$$$$$$"
Hiroshima `$$$$$$$$$$$$' Nagasaki
August 6, 1945 ~$$$$$$~ August 9, 1945
$$$$$$
$$$$$$
$$$$$$$$$$$
@$$$$$$$$$$$$@
...sssSS$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$SSsss...
___________sssSSSS$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$SSSSS$$$$$$$$$$ $$$$$SSSsss__________


Party like it's 1945!

Rev. wRy

ObT: Ah, fuggit. I quit drinking for a few months. Nothing is
remotely tasteless, except maybe the act of not drinking.