Kodak Had a Nuclear Reactor in NY for Nearly 30 Years

[JMcEntegart]

Here's your dose of whacky Monday news.

Kodak Had a Nuclear Reactor in NY for Nearly 30 Years : Read more

 

[Guest]

and people complain nucleur power is dangerous and will kill us all

 

[TheBigTroll]

this is so jokes

 

[Trueno07]

[citation][nom]WATlol[/nom]and people complain nucleur power is dangerous and will kill us all[/citation]

http://www.theonion.com/articles/nuclear-energy-advocates-insist-us-reactors-comple,19740/

 

[joytech22]

Wow, that's pretty cool.
If a camera company could make a nuclear reactor, what has Apple been doing...?

Mwahahaw.. (Just kidding)

 

[beayn]

What other companies have secret nuclear reactors in their basements? This is a photo company, not one you'd think would have such a thing. I doubt Kodak security was military grade. If someone wanted, they probably could have stolen the enriched uranium for a bomb.

 

[fb39ca4]

Seems legit.

 

[Guest]

It is a very, very, very small reactor. A small research reactor like a 250KW TRIGA II is a 1000 time big. Kodak likely needed a small neutron source for testing.

 

[K2N hater]

Perhaps the solution Kodak's financial problems is to move to Iran. I'm sure Mahmoud Ahmadinejad will love Kodak printers.

/sarcasm

 

[computernerdforlife]

Conspiracy nuts: insane story behind this
Kodak: does this because they can
Regular Joe: less than 2 minutes of thoughts on the topic then something else takes over

 

[nebun]

so why does such a company like KODAK need a nuclear reactor? no matter how big or how small it's unacceptable...how are they going to get rid of it and clean up now that they are completely bankrupt?

 

[Guest]

Maybe they were testing the film to see how it can withstand a nuclear fallout That's the only way i can make sense of it.

 

[everix]

[citation][nom]nebun[/nom]so why does such a company like KODAK need a nuclear reactor? no matter how big or how small it's unacceptable...how are they going to get rid of it and clean up now that they are completely bankrupt?[/citation]

You're a moron. It clearly says in the article that it was dismantled in 2006 and they weren't bankrupt (or hadn't filed for it) until this year.

 

[zachusaman]

A picture is worth a thousand words... a nuclear bomb is worth a million lives. have fun on the stockmarket today shareholders.

 

[pedro_mann]

[citation][nom]nebun[/nom]so why does such a company like KODAK need a nuclear reactor? no matter how big or how small it's unacceptable...how are they going to get rid of it and clean up now that they are completely bankrupt?[/citation]
Must not have read the part about dismantling it in 2006?

 

[whyso]

Now, How much is the government hiding?

 

[erunion]

[citation][nom]nebun[/nom]so why does such a company like KODAK need a nuclear reactor? [/citation]

Let me google that for you....
http://lmgtfy.com/?q=neutron+radiography

 

[beayn]

[citation][nom]otacon72[/nom]Would be kind of difficult since no one knew about it.[/citation]
Kodak knew about it. The fact that the info didn't leak doesn't legitimize having one.

 

[Guest]

If a reactor that small had a meltdown, it might kill a stray mouse. Oh noes. In other news, a 11 year old genius just built a fusion reactor. http://www.popsci.com/science/article/2012-02/boy-who-played-fusion?page=all

 

[GI_JONES]

Kodak supplies film for x-ray and nuclear medicine studies, and the reactor was for research. There is also a reactor at PennState University. It is used for research. I saw it in 82. A friend of mine was touring it for a class and I tagged along. We were able to get within a few ft of the containment pool, and could see the greenish/yellow glow. Thats probably why my kids are the way they are..lol