Electronic Parts from Japan

Submitted by Anonymous on Mon, 2011-06-20 11:02

If an iPad2 was made after the Japan nuclear fallout, with parts sourced from Japan, could the device be contaminated with radioactivity? Is this even possible?

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Yes, it's possible. As well,

Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on Mon, 2011-06-20 15:19.

Yes, it's possible. As well, the packaging may have traces from shipping containers or sea air from when the container ships are leaving China and sailing past Japan.

I would definitely take a long look with a Geiger counter on anything coming out of Japan or China at this point.

I would think the actual

Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on Mon, 2011-06-20 17:50.

I would think the actual device, and its internal components should be all right, since that type of electronics are built, and stored in the air tight facilities to minimize any dust deposition on them. The packaging may have some traces depending on where, and how it was exposed to.

I think we should get UCB to

Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on Mon, 2011-06-20 19:08.

I think we should get UCB to test a couple of Apple products when they have finished the other 100,000 items people have suggested testing.

;)

China at the dawn of history

Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on Mon, 2011-06-20 16:06.

China at the dawn of history was much warmer and wetter than it is today, with elephants, rhinoceroses and crocodiles living north of the Yangtze River. Five or six thousand years of cutting forests and draining marshes have changed the climate to the point where the landscape has been devastated. China has the highest ratio of actual to potential desertified land in the world, according to the World Bank.

Thanks. I'm concerned since

Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on Mon, 2011-06-20 15:58.

Thanks. I'm concerned since I'm pregnant and also have a toddler in the house. I've been using the iPad for about 3 weeks now, and the thought never occurred to me that my family could have been exposed to radioactivity from it. What isotopes might be on the device (if any), and would the radioactivity be at harmful levels? Thanks in advance for any input.

Cesium salts would be my

Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on Mon, 2011-06-20 16:54.

Cesium salts would be my concern, from deposition of dust onto assemblies prior to packaging. Since whatever may be present is encased inside a glass and metal enclosure, really only gamma radiation would escape. Higher than background gamma from the device would locally increase your external dose, like an xray.

Thanks for the info. I'll

Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on Tue, 2011-06-21 11:56.

Thanks for the info. I'll have someone check it out with a Geiger for reassurance.

You would probably have to

Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on Tue, 2011-06-21 13:59.

You would probably have to do a background assessment in a shielded container and then introduce the device and count for several days to get an accurate reading of how much more radiation is emitted by the devices than just background values.

Also, without a Scintillation counter, you would not know the specific energies of the radiation, and therefore couldn't determine what was causing the output.

There will probably be some amount of natural radiation from the materials that the iPad is made from, but whether you can detect anything else that was introduced above background + material signatures is open to debate.

Obviously if the thing registers 100 CPM when you put a counter near it, then it's hot. You probably won't find much of any increase in levels without testing for a long time though.

Thanks for the info. I just

Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on Tue, 2011-06-21 14:14.

Thanks for the info. I just had my iPad checked along with a borrowed iPad from a colleague that was purchased prior to the nuclear fallout, and the readings on both were consistent. Nothing over background.

Who cares ... if any

Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on Mon, 2011-06-20 11:32.

Who cares ... if any radiation is detected the despicable vermin will simply adjust the standards to show that it's completely "safe" and "harmless"...