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BTW, there was an accident in Ukraine (Soviet Union at the time) related to a radioactive capsule that ended up in the wall of an apartment building https://en.
by ivan4th 4y ago
BTW, there was an accident in Ukraine (Soviet Union at the time) related to a radioactive capsule that ended up in the wall of an apartment building
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kramatorsk_radiological_accident https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kramatorsk_radiological_accide...
- lqet 4y ago> The apartment was fully settled in 1980. A year later, an 18-year-old woman who lived there suddenly died. In 1982, her 16-year-old brother followed, and then their mother. [All from leukemia]. [...] A new family moved into the apartment, and their son died from leukemia as well. > A child's bed was located directly next to the wall containing the capsule.
- I-M-S 4y agoNaturally occurring radiation might play a part in human tendency to regard certain places as haunted.
- BaculumMeumEst 4y agoi'm pretty sure superstition about haunted locations doesn't come from people repeatedly getting leukemia
- heywhatupboys 4y agolmao, this is the most HN comment
- AnIdiotOnTheNet 4y agoActually "haunted" locations are often linked to carbon monoxide and infrasound, IIRC. We generally don't blame ghosts for mysterious burns or other signs of radiation sickness.
- undersuit 4y agoWe don't, but a society that doesn't know about radiation or even elementary particles may. The village doctor in the 1500s diagnosing radiation sickness would be even more of a quack than the one that doesn't apply enough leeches.
- sh4rks 4y agoI wonder what happened to that child
- Arch-TK 4y agoIt's possible that the apartment came furnished and that the bed being referred to was not a specific child's but rather a bed made for a child in which supposedly multiple children slept in before dying.
- ajsnigrutin 4y agoSomething similar in brazil: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Goi%C3%A2nia_accident https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Goi%C3%A2nia_accident While the soviet incident was one really bad fuckup, this was a chain of many people fucking up horribly Videos for people who don't like to read: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nhL0xQzPSy8 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nhL0xQzPSy8 (16m) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T5tEjXGHNeg https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T5tEjXGHNeg (6m)
- SkeuomorphicBee 4y agoThe 1987 Brazilian accident in Goiânia was horrendous because the caesium-137 capsule was breached and there was widespread contamination by radioactive dust. I get chilled to the bone when I read the descriptions of people innocently playing with the curious glow-in-the-dark dust as a novelty, showing to their neighbors and friends.
- HPsquared 4y agoArticle says it had a dose rate of 1800 R/year, that is about 18 Sv per year. That's a LOT!
- jraph 4y agoThe Brazil event and this Ukraine one were discussed at length at [1] a few days ago, check it out if you are interested! [1] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=34560399 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=34560399
- weberer 4y agoThere was also an incident in the country of Georgia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lia_radiological_accident https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lia_radiological_accident