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


by SockableClaw

15 years, 10 months ago

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

by picardx1

15 years, 10 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, 10 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, 10 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, 10 months ago

Blast was off by one zero.

by Nix

15 years, 10 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, 10 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, 10 months ago

I've always told people proton packs cause sterility.

by misfit1

15 years, 10 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, 10 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!