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It seems to have worked pretty well aside from the obvious radioactive fallout problem. They successfully turned a dry river bed into a lake that still exists t
by thescriptkiddie 6y ago
It seems to have worked pretty well aside from the obvious radioactive fallout problem. They successfully turned a dry river bed into a lake that still exists today.
- BitwiseFool 6y agoI'm having trouble find definitive information about what the level of radiation is at the lake today. Does anyone know?
- opwieurposiu 6y agoThe Pechora–Kama Canal test used three "clean" nukes and today the dose measures between 9 and 70 μSv [micro-Sieverts] per week. This is about the same as the local natural background dose. https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0265931X11003043?via%3Dihub https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S02659... You can estimate your personal yearly dose with this calculator, though for me it only works in firefox. https://www.epa.gov/radiation/calculate-your-radiation-dose https://www.epa.gov/radiation/calculate-your-radiation-dose
- captaincole 6y agoFrom the wikipedia article on the tiaga bombs. > "the current external γ-ray dose rate to a human from the contaminations associated with the 'Taiga' experiment was between 9 and 70 μSv [micro-Sieverts] per week". The report also recommends periodic monitoring of the site was recommended. In comparison, typical exposure from naturally occurring background radiation is about 3mSv per year, or 57μSv per week