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    Soviet Atomic Lighthouses Are Both Spooky and Deadly

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    Image of vangorder vangorder
    01/16/09

    In reply to Soviet Atomic Lighthouses Are Both Spooky and Deadly
    They're not powered by reactors, they're powered by RTGs.
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    Image of GitEmSteveDave_HurtHisKnee GitEmSteveDave_HurtHisKnee
    01/16/09

    @vangorder: How does a Role Playing Game power a light house?
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    Image of stryder100 stryder100
    01/16/09

    In reply to Soviet Atomic Lighthouses Are Both Spooky and Deadly
    That lighthouse is beautiful.
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    Image of frigg frigg
    01/16/09

    @stryder100: you can buy and live in lighthouses. But they're usually such a mess, no one wants to after seeing them close up.
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    Image of jblock jblock
    01/16/09

    In reply to Soviet Atomic Lighthouses Are Both Spooky and Deadly
    I remember this on NPR, the story was that some of these were so remote they didn't check up on them too often, and when they went to check one of them finally, they found the Nuclear Material MISSING. great quality assurance guys. This was years ago though, but I still believe a dirty bomb on US shores is inevitable, and scary(I am on the east coast).
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    Image of GitEmSteveDave_HurtHisKnee GitEmSteveDave_HurtHisKnee
    01/16/09

    @jblock: Come to NJ then. No "dirty bomb" can beat our normal background radiation.
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    Image of Lorem Ipsum Lorem Ipsum
    01/16/09

    In reply to Soviet Atomic Lighthouses Are Both Spooky and Deadly
    I assume РААИАЦИЯ means "RADIATION" and not "Welcome Nice People to Glorious Atomic Beacon to make Benefit of Motherland".
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    Image of GitEmSteveDave_HurtHisKnee GitEmSteveDave_HurtHisKnee
    01/16/09

    @Lorem Ipsum: Was that the alternate title to Borat?
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    Image of strider_mt2k strider_mt2k
    01/16/09

    In reply to Soviet Atomic Lighthouses Are Both Spooky and Deadly
    I thought it was going to say they're still operating.


    Some of that Soviet-era stuff is awesomely designed and built.

    Some of it.

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    Image of GitEmSteveDave_HurtHisKnee GitEmSteveDave_HurtHisKnee
    01/16/09

    In reply to Soviet Atomic Lighthouses Are Both Spooky and Deadly
    In Soviet Russia, house lights you!
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    Image of takemetoyourtoaster takemetoyourtoaster
    01/16/09

    In reply to Soviet Atomic Lighthouses Are Both Spooky and Deadly
    TODAY IS MY BIRTHDAY
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    Image of frigg frigg
    01/16/09

    @takemetoyourtoaster: happy toasted birthday!
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    Image of Skiphex Skiphex
    01/16/09

    In reply to Soviet Atomic Lighthouses Are Both Spooky and Deadly
    "people in Russia used big moustaches"


    I'm afraid to ask, but what exactly did they use big moustaches for?

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    Image of GitEmSteveDave_HurtHisKnee GitEmSteveDave_HurtHisKnee
    01/16/09

    @Skiphex: To tell the women from the men.
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    Image of sqeakytoy of the apocalypse sqeakytoy of the apocalypse
    01/16/09

    @KHAN!!!_GitEmSteveDave: No, that was what the thick, luxurious back pelt was for. If you went by mustache alone, you may have gotten a surprise or two
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    Image of GitEmSteveDave_HurtHisKnee GitEmSteveDave_HurtHisKnee
    01/16/09

    @sqeakytoy of the apocalypse: And boy did I ever!
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    Image of GitEmSteveDave_HurtHisKnee GitEmSteveDave_HurtHisKnee
    01/16/09

    In reply to Soviet Atomic Lighthouses Are Both Spooky and Deadly
    So did they use lightbulbs, or just have a viewport directly into the reactor?
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    Image of xanderbeedle xanderbeedle
    01/16/09

    @FishAroundMyAnkles_GitEmSteveDave: I don't think nuclear reactions light up... at least fission ones don't.
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    Image of daqman daqman
    01/16/09

    @xanderbeedle: I remember seeing a picture of Chernobyl where you could see a beam of light shooting into the sky.


    It's called Cherenkov radiation, basically the particles of radiation travel faster than the speed of light in air (but not faster than the speed in vacuum cause of relativity). The particles cause shock wave, like the one from an aircraft going faster than sound, but this one is electromagnetic and can be visible as a blue glow.

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    Image of GitEmSteveDave_HurtHisKnee GitEmSteveDave_HurtHisKnee
    01/16/09

    @daqman: It can also power the ships in Starship Troopers!


    @xanderbeedle: True. I was just basing that on the subtle glow that everything in NJ has, and tracing it back :)

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    Image of Nacon Nacon
    01/16/09

    In reply to Soviet Atomic Lighthouses Are Both Spooky and Deadly
    It's Nuclear abandoned. Meaning they already took the nuclear out but the radiation are still imprinted in the lighthouse.


    It doesn't run anymore. Plus, that place has been stripped out by looters. Mostly for coppers.

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    Image of GitEmSteveDave_HurtHisKnee GitEmSteveDave_HurtHisKnee
    01/16/09

    @Nacon: Why would looters be stripping the place for the police. I am confused.
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    Image of Nacon Nacon
    01/16/09

    @KHAN!!!_GitEmSteveDave: It's metal, you idiot. Not a person.
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    Image of Hello Mister Walrus Hello Mister Walrus
    01/16/09

    @FishAroundMyAnkles_GitEmSteveDave: In LA, cops strip for you. In Soviet Russia, you strip for cops! (?)
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    Image of rsquared rsquared
    01/16/09

    @Nacon: Except you said 'coppers', not 'copper' and sometimes people refer to the police as coppers. On the other hand, there is no such thing as a plural version of a metal. One penny is a piece of copper and 10,000 pennies are 10,000 pieces of copper. No S either way.


    If you're not going to check your post for typos then don't fault other people for making fun of them.

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    Image of Gann Gann
    01/16/09

    @KHAN!!!_GitEmSteveDave: No, you got it wrong. The looters are stripping the place of police.
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    Image of GitEmSteveDave_HurtHisKnee GitEmSteveDave_HurtHisKnee
    01/16/09

    @Gann: Of course. I wonder how much you get a pound for them....
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