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Could be a satellite reentry. It's not unprecedented. In 1978, Soviet satellite Kosmos 954 crashed into the atmosphere and spread 50kg's of Uranium across west
by mmaunder 10y ago
Could be a satellite reentry. It's not unprecedented.
In 1978, Soviet satellite Kosmos 954 crashed into the atmosphere and spread 50kg's of Uranium across western Canada. They only recovered 1% of the fuel. One of the pieces recovered was radioactive enough to kill a person in a few hours.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kosmos_954 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kosmos_954
- westbywest 10y agoComment made in other threads is that this particular isotope of iodine is very short-lived (8 days) and a known product of uranium and plutonium fission. So, its source is assumed to be recent fission event, or medical radiotherapy generation. Any unrecovered material from defunct satellites probably no longer undergoing active fission.