WMD swag from a chemistry conference

Aaron sez, "At a chemistry conference, nuclear scientists gave away some hilarious swag, including kitchen table place mats with facts about radiation exposure and playing cards with nuclear weapons trivia."

All is not Sturm und Drang among the WMD crowd. During the talk, with the help of other symposium participants, everyone in attendance received a set of RADACAD playing cards. The back of each card sports a picture of what appears to be a nuclear-explosion-triggered fireball that will grow into a mushroom. The face of each card provides a teaching moment. The four of diamonds, for example, lists eight radioactive isotopes used in industry that are of the greatest concern when it comes to dirty bombs. The joker cards show a cartoon character clad in a hazmat suit as he holds out what appears to be a tray bearing a picture of a nuclear explosion bomb, sort of like an offering of an hors d'oeuvres.

WMD Goodie Bag (Thanks, Aaron!)

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#1 posted by mortis, August 20, 2009 6:29 AM

These look like some kind of awesome expansion for the old Nuclear War card game from Flying Buffalo...*swoon*

^m^

#2 posted by dculberson, August 20, 2009 7:33 AM

"a picture of a nuclear explosion bomb"

This fella has an interesting way of writing.

#3 posted by Bevatron Repairman, August 20, 2009 9:06 AM

I actually have one of those Sievert exposure charts and indeed use it as a kitchen placemat. I have no idea how I ended up with it.

#4 posted by Anonymous, August 20, 2009 12:35 PM

Oh sure... tantalize us with the cards then offer no means for the average joe to obtain them... you sir hurt my feelings. :(

#5 posted by Roy Trumbull, August 20, 2009 1:01 PM

I recall an article about a garden or wooded patch, (perhaps in the New Yorker) years ago with a radioactive source at its center. A shield could be dropped over the source so you could visit without exposure. Naturally nothing was left alive at the center except some lichen. Anyone know where that site is?

#6 posted by Anonymous, August 20, 2009 3:36 PM

I have a Terrorist Watchlist Day Calendar picked up from the CIA.