In another refinery incident there was a circulation pump located just under the white circular vessel you see in this image that failed. From the description of the event and the location, I’d take an estimated guess and say pipeline failure or some sort of flange failure.

Really gotta check these days

Bring back public shaming

The EPA is cool and all as an agency and I get why my company is potentially a bit hesitant to allow open dialog with them but… they’re just a bunch of fellas. The dudes, even. Wader-wearing, rather weird, “I found a cool bug during my inspection of your facility” girlies

Presented without comment except for this, the comment explaining there is no comment.

Aftermarket solutions to problems that shouldn’t exist is, unfortunately, a familiar process.

Sometimes I have a very specific way I want to say something but I can’t think of the word I need so I use a synonym but it pisses me off internally even though it probably sounds fine to whoever I’m talking to. Probably not relatable at all just thought about my internal dialogue problems smh

For the record, a level A hazmat suit is not needed for an HCl spill

Just read the @funranium.bsky.social blog post about the shrimp situation finally and I find myself reminiscing about decontamination procedures. Please do not ever buy elemental mercury. These things are definitely not related in any way. I will not be elaborating on this

This is written for my own benefit as much as anyone else's. It's so that I can have it all in one place and point people at it. It's what the Reference Rants are for. Needless to say, someone is in trouble. Likely several someones.

ASBESTOS MENTIONED RAHHHHH GIVE TO ME THE FORBIDDEN FRIABLE MATERIALS

Another day, another unlabeled box of regulated universal waste discovered in a random location…

Something feels very colonialist about this but I can’t put my finger on just why that is…

What else am I supposed to spend money on bitch

Catching strays (literally) from the NDT they’re doing at work right now

Of interest records released to me via FOIA are made available to the public for free at the Pfeiffer Nuclear Weapons & National Security Archive: osf.io/46sfd/ I do not sell or restrict access to my FOIA releases.

My sister gave reason to dig this piece I wrote for @theremina.bsky.social up again. Every day is a good day to teach dating techniques and be upset with Prometheus. www.funraniumlabs.com/2015/06/carb...

Honestly, props to USA Today for this article. Calling out the sensationalism created by media over the frequency of train derailments by explaining specifically where that number comes from and breaking it down. www.usatoday.com/story/news/n...

Been a minute since I registered to purchase from Sigma Aldrich/Millipore Sigma and I forgot how much like a damn security screening the process is

SEEING MCR LIVE TODAY DONT TALK TO ME

detect these nuts lol but fr you can detect hex chrome at like below half a microgram per cubic meter and it doesn’t really get “dangerous” until you have chronic exposure at something like 0.005 milligrams per cubic meter and the action level is 0.0025 mg/m3 which is 2.5 micrograms/m3

This is my semi-regular reminder that the intention of Prop 65 was to make sure you knew materials were present that should be disposed of in a way that they wouldn't contaminate the groundwater, at which point you increase your odds in the cancer lottery.

brb turning my basement into a superfund

Part Two begins at 10am! I have a mug of BBotE and an apple fritter. My body is ready for MATT DAMON to begin Old World Blues.

the head of fema finally rolled out of bed, grabbed a shirt off the floor, and showed up in texas

they finally added post notifications so can transition over here full time 👏👏👏

this is stupid and cherry picked because usually people add the disclaimer “with ATC assistance” which is statistically true from historical and contemporary events. no way any normal dude can land a plane without radio guidance, some may figure it out but still

brb financing my h2o2

visited the Weldon Spring Site last weekend

i’ve decided i want a specimen sample of UF6. how do i get this

yo JCS criminal psychology just posted for the first time in over two years

half of one of my screens is letterkenny, the other half is a hockey game, and the other monitor is factorio. this is how you truly live life

Radiacode acquired

Frankly this office sounds like heaven on earth. As an aside, hopefully my collection doesn't inspire fear in anyone despite having a huge bag of potassium dichromate and various other materials of both radioactive and toxic characteristics 🥲 ITS ALL ABOUT THE LOVE, BABY

Lopezite, a large lab grown specimen of potassium chromate (K2Cr2O7), gifted to me by @fossillocator.bsky.social. Still my all time favorite toxic mineral I own and also by far the largest. It resides in its own glass jar to prevent oxidation as much as possible.

I now understand why all of the weebs in high school were obsessed with attack on titan

So is everyone on threads actually that dumb or are they just pretending for engagement purposes

Testing something out real quick. Anyone know where I can get some beryllium?

Sometimes I get back on this website just to scroll through a very particular few individual's posts and it never disappoints. Never change, people.

This is why we have MOCs and PSSRs kids 🫡

Republicans: stop government spending! Also republicans: buy the fucking Panama Canal RIGHT NOW

Ouch

Dude the Grainger ads have me in a chokehold lmao someone PLEASE buy me this

Anyone want a beryllium-copper alloy pipe wrench for a cool $1,141.53?

3:30pm yesterday vs 10:30am today

I am once again asking for you to sell me dangerous stuff

I have quite literally broken desks in half from hitting them too hard while playing a video game and my personal computer monitors haven't lost connection with my PC. If I so much as breath wrong the cables come loose from these shitass monitors at work. What the fuck man

For the night crowd, the long promised Radiation Roadtrip 2024 post! Guest starring @jacksonleibach.bsky.social & @mosasaurologist.bsky.social. www.funraniumlabs.com/2024/12/radi...

Just over 20 years from the first episodes release date, we started watching Lost.