Wouldn't the proton packs emit a high degree of radiation?


by SockableClaw

15 years, 4 months ago

Since they are “unlicensed nuclear accelerators” I wonder if those things would give the Ghostbusters cancer eventually.

by picardx1

15 years, 4 months ago

Part of the original scrip that was cut said sterility would be a side effect but nothing was mentioned beyond that. It aslso stated that no fisionable material was present in the system just a static charge of some sort.

by JamesCGamora

15 years, 4 months ago

Yet, the power cells were stated has having a pretty high hal life (the exact number escaped me…wanna say 50,000 years)

by ecto_plasmic1

15 years, 4 months ago

JamesCGamora;149909
Yet, the power cells were stated has having a pretty high hal life (the exact number escaped me…wanna say 50,000 years)

half life 5,000 years.

by JamesCGamora

15 years, 4 months ago

Blast was off by one zero.

by Nix

15 years, 4 months ago

PicardX;149904
Part of the original scrip that was cut said sterility would be a side effect but nothing was mentioned beyond that. It aslso stated that no fisionable material was present in the system just a static charge of some sort.

I think that was just in the wall-current-powered “dummy packs” used for testing purposes.

by matthew1

15 years, 4 months ago

I don't know about radiation or cancer but there would certainly be a high risk of vibration white finger from those powerful nutrona wands.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hand-arm_vibration_syndrome

by jettajeffro

15 years, 4 months ago

I've always told people proton packs cause sterility.

by misfit1

15 years, 4 months ago

I think it's just a throwaway line from venkman, as the cyclotron in the pack is a particle accelerator rather then an isotope powered device.

by newrecruit1

15 years, 4 months ago

You know they cure cancer with Xray, right? Radiation, why can't it be good? No bugs survive this. Have an Healty SafeSex Life; don't wear a condom, strap on your ProtonPack!