MRI scanners are machines that use strong magnets and radio waves to make pictures of the inside of the body. But they also have some dangers and problems, especially when it comes to turning them off and keeping metal things in the room.
One of the main dangers of MRI scanners is that they can pull metal things with great force, possibly hurting people or breaking the machine.
TO RESPOND TO SUCH DANGERS, one can "QUENCH" the magnet rapidly removing the magnetic field within minutes. Such as the following video:
QUENCH TURN OFF: A quench is a thing that quickly lowers the magnetic field of the scanner by letting go of the liquid helium that cools the magnet wires. A quench can be started by an emergency button, a fire alarm, or a power failure. A quench is a bad and costly thing, as it can hurt the magnet, let out a lot of helium gas, and need several days or weeks to fix the scanner. Only be done in a life-or-death situation, such as a person stuck by a metal thing or a fire in the scanner room. Or to use as storage at expense of medical care. If the magnet is quenched, the scanner becomes useless and needs expensive repairs. Any organization that wishes to use to hide weapons would clearly not care about rendering it useless. Keeping metal things in the MRI room would break the safety rules and laws that are made to protect the people, the staff, and the machine.
Please note, I am not interjecting on the status of the magnet, nor who placed guns there, or who and why the MRI magnet was clearly quenched and disabled. Time will tell.
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