Radioactive Boar in Germany

[Eldan]

Boar powers... mauling groups of dogs and hunters, demolishing cars and necromancy.

Because they often dig up graves to eat the corpses around here.

 

[Max_imus]

Looks like it's time for me to start writing another Probing The Inaccuracies article. Nuclear power is one of the very safest forms of electrical production there is; less people have died in the entire history of nuclear power as a direct result of nuclear accidents than die every year from particulate air poisoning from coal-fired power plants. The RBMK reactors used in Chernobyl were hideously out-of-date, and even then, the disaster occurred because of gross human error.

The problem is that there are many, many accidents in nuclear plants each year that never make it into the media. Also, the main issue with nuclear energy is with the waste it produces, and how we lack ways of safe long-term storage.
Basically it boils down to this: If someone f*cks up in a nuclear plant, the'll f*ck up badly.

 

[Bobzer77]

Just another story that'll put people off supporting nuclear power now and in the future.

Kinda cool though....radioactive boar. He could fight crime!

This. Gonna get the 60's flower children up in arms all over again. Although they may need to use their zimmerframes

There are loads more ppl than the hippies that are sceptical to nuclear power plants. Especially since recent controls in the EU have shown that the emergency prosedures for dealing with accidents at the plants are severely lacking.

Having been round Sellafield, I'd say we are doing all right. The UK needs another plant, and it will be run by UK guidelines. My best friend is an enviromental scientist and is mega supportive of nuclear power as the only reasonable energy source of the future, so his approval seals it for me.

Being irish sellafield has been poisoning the see for a long, LONG time and was continually slapped with "Too dangerous to actually be allowed run" tags by EU commisioners. Though I do support the advancement of Nuclear power I only support it done seriously.

It hasn't been slapped with a "too dangerous to run" tag. I know about the Irish problem as well. I had to write a report on it, hence being taken around it. Simple fact is, Sellafield is still one of the top in the world. Which is definitely testament to need for all of these facilities to be improved, I agree

The Irish have full access to Sellafield, and Sellafield has openly invited Irish commissioners in to inspect the facility and to offer up suggestions for improvement. None have been given and Ireland chooses to remain officially after the closure of Sellafield, which isn't constructive, and isn't going to happen.

Is Sellafield still dumping nuclear waste in the Irish sea?

I have no other grief with it apart from that.

 

[Wintermoot]

why did he check it with a geiger counter?

read the OP it says that thanks to Chernobyl allot of animals got irradiated he checked it to see if it was safe to eat
OT I wonder what would happen if the guy got bitten by the boar maybe BOAR-MAN!

 

[Patton662]

Well, it made me burst out laughing. That's awesome. Thank you. And Call of Pripyat is even better than SoC. Don't get Clear Sky.

I will avoid Clear Sky. -salutes-

Don't listen to that guy, Clear Sky is awesome.

 

[SnipErlite]

This. Gonna get the 60's flower children up in arms all over again. Although they may need to use their zimmerframes

Granted you can see why people are wary, I mean it is a radioactive boar. Although the difference in, you know, safety and not being stupid, between the events of Chernobyl and reactors today is pretty significant.

Yeah, but... can you imagine being bit by a radioactive boar?

I mean, radioactive spider, we've all seen the films (which are, of course, based on real life). Dude gets bit by a radioactive spider*, gains the power of perfect vision, jumping really high, and shooting massive globules of web fluid from his abdomen... erm... sorry... wrists.

But what the hell does a boar do? It runs fairly quickly on all fours, it has big tusks, and it makes low grunting noises whenever it's aroused. Imagine Peter Parker waking up with THOSE powers!

(*Yes, I know it was technically a genetically modified spider, not a radioactive one, in the films. But come on! The whole "genetically modified" thing just stretches plausibility way too much IMO.)

I meant the boar could fight crime by himself, but fair enough. That'd still be kinda cool. Peter Parker with tusks and running on all fours rapidly.....I could see this working.

Kinda....

 

[SomeBritishDude]

Spoiler: Am I the only one who thought of this?

[img/]http://www.wowhunterpets.info/images/models/fs_boarskinundead.jpg[/img]

 

[Hawk of Battle]

He's a seasoned hunter who never misses, he's a radioactive boar. Together, they fight crime!

 

[-Samurai-]

He's a seasoned hunter who never misses, he's a radioactive boar. Together, they fight crime!

Or possibly share an apartment......where they fight crime! Call the network! We're gonna make millions!

OT: I really don't know what to say here. Radioactive boar. Possibly the first attempt at a Yao Guai? Silly boar. You're not a bear.

 

[Chairman Meow]

The hunters name was Georg van Bebber aka. Strelok

 

[Mordwyl]

We all know where this is ending:

 

[AVATAR_RAGE]

why did he check it with a geiger counter?

goota have one of those handy for the nuclear fallout

 

[Tanfastic]

Dudes just lucky it did not fire poison tipped quills at him or breathed fire or something.
Coulda been awesome if it bit him though... Boarman, boarman, does whatever a boar can... whatever the fuck that is...

Eating, Sleeping, and looking awesome.

 

[Guest_Star]

There are loads more ppl than the hippies that are sceptical to nuclear power plants. Especially since recent controls in the EU have shown that the emergency prosedures for dealing with accidents at the plants are severely lacking.

Looks like it's time for me to start writing another Probing The Inaccuracies article. Nuclear power is one of the very safest forms of electrical production there is; less people have died in the entire history of nuclear power as a direct result of nuclear accidents than die every year from particulate air poisoning from coal-fired power plants. The RBMK reactors used in Chernobyl were hideously out-of-date, and even then, the disaster occurred because of gross human error.

Yeah, and statistically speaking passenger planes are the safest mode of transport known to man. But most are unwilling to fly in planes that lack emergency doors, even tho the likelyhood them actually being needed is in the winning-the-lottery realm.

I have no problem with nuclear energy in itself, but the worrying part is that loads of plants aint got effective emergency procedures. Most plants ain't even been emergency tested.
Even better, the newer Phoenix class 4-gen reactors are more advanced, but also more accident prone than the old-school reactors. But the safety regulations are in many cases the same as for the old generation of reactors.

I'm not saying they are unsafe, but if someone fucks up, the potential fallout (both figuratively and literally) are increased by the unwillingness (by plant owners and govt both) to properly update security regulations and inform the general populace about what to do when something happens.

 

[Mechsoap]

lets hope there will come some cool mutations out off this...

 

[Lauren Admire]

boars like to feast on such as corn or rape

Well, who DOESN'T?

 

[Bloodstain]

My country has radioactive boars?

....yaaaaay!

 

[SimuLord]

He ran his ass out of there then popped some Rad-Away for good measure.

At least in America our food's just full of bacteria...not radioactive!

 

[Nannernade]

K how long was the boar irradiated, it must have effected it in some way I'm not saying mutations or anything like that but it should have at least looked a little odd no?

 

[Asturiel]

I thought the heading said Radioactive bear so I was expecting a story about wide-scale destruction, death and other horrible things. It's cool to see that the animals are adapting to the irradiated lands though. Did it glow?

Looks like I'm not the only one, I was slightly disappointed when I realized it was about boars and not bears, but I can dig it since this is actually an interesting article.

OT: This was an interesting read, just showing the long term consequences of mistakes in nuclear power, and since it was it's effects on animals I was quite intrigued. It would be interesting to see what exactly changed with their bodies having that much radioactivity... still wish this was about bears though.