Are you telling me that this sucker is nuclear?

Some radiation charged cars are hitting the Japanese used car market.

http://www.nbclosangeles.com/news/we...132614218.html

 

Would I buy a lightly radioactive GT-R at a considerable discount? **** yes.

110 uSv/hr isn't a lot, considering how little time people spend in their cars. Unless you lived in the damn thing...

 

Just do not plan on having kids and do not mind that third arm or eye. It is all good!

 

give it a good scrub and it'll be fine

 

In case you wanted some perspective on how much radiation 0.3µsieverts is...
http://xkcd.com/radiation/

Keep in mind, the export LIMIT is 0.3µsieverts/hour. The is van putting out 110µsieverts/hour.

At 110µsieverts/hour, 2 hours/day, 365.25 days/year that's 80msieverts/year. That's awfully close to the 100msievert level that has been clearly linked to increased cancer risk. I wouldn't do it if you have a long commute.

On the other hand, I'm in my car maybe 2 hours/week so I'd probably be fine I'll take that $10K GT-R now.

 

So what happens when I'm minding my own business driving in my radioactive car, smoking a cigarette and talking on my cellphone???...A Trifecta?

 

Somebody watches too many movies. Did you see the one about the girl who had teeth in her vagina?

Not many folks would average 2 hours a day in a GT-R. All the same, gradual dose spread out over time has a drastically reduced effect versus acute dosage, because a healthy body easily replaces cells. And cancer risk never stopped anyone from buying cigarettes.

 

I guess the Godzilla name is even more fitting for that GT-R

 

Nice link to graphically compare the dose rates. I wonder though what the actual contanimates on the van are. Then we can figure out what the half-life and ultimately the total dose the van will emit.


just a general summation.
(example) now if it was emiting 110µsieverts/hour a month ago and one of the highly radioactive elements had a half-life of 14days. it would be less than the 110µsieverts/hour dose rate.
every 14 days the emitted radiation will to 50% of what it was. this formular isn't true in all elements and isotopes.
^^^
loosely based math and not knowing the exact contamination.
Also what is the dose inside the van? and where?

 

I think I would if I waere older but not now.

 

I wonder if any of those have "slight" water damage, too?

 

IIRC, much of the radiation was I-131 which has a short half-life (which is why it's used in medical procedures [ask me how I know]). I think it's around 8 days. Since we're well past that time period, whatever is left is probably the really bad stuff; Cesium-137 and Strontium-90 (and other similarly awful things). Those two will be half gone in 30-ish years.

 

Radioactive cars? We should be wearing full protective toxic suit when driving...lol

 

Actually, the alpha particle radiation will probably be blocked by a decent pair of jeans and a hoodie. Beta particle and gamma radiation require aluminum and a few inches of lead (respectively).