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> Imagine the total dissolution Even that doesn't have to happen: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Goi%C3%A2nia_accident https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Goi%C3%A2ni
by u801e 9y ago
> Imagine the total dissolution
Even that doesn't have to happen: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Goi%C3%A2nia_accident https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Goi%C3%A2nia_accident
- wjn0 9y agoHaving never heard of this event before, the fact that this has been called one of the worst nuclear events, speaks to just how tightly nuclear waste from energy production is regulated, in my opinion.
- YeGoblynQueenne 9y agoPerhaps more relevant are the accidents in Tamiku (Estonia), and Lia Lilo (Georgia), that followed shortly after the dissolution of the USSR and involve the inappropriate handling or complete abandonment of radioactive sources: [1] http://www-pub.iaea.org/books/IAEABooks/4738/The-Radiological-Accident-in-Tammiku http://www-pub.iaea.org/books/IAEABooks/4738/The-Radiologica... [2] http://www-pub.iaea.org/books/IAEAbooks/10602/The-Radiological-Accident-in-Lia-Georgia http://www-pub.iaea.org/books/IAEAbooks/10602/The-Radiologic... [3] http://www-pub.iaea.org/books/IAEABooks/5968/The-Radiological-Accident-in-Lilo http://www-pub.iaea.org/books/IAEABooks/5968/The-Radiologica...