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The russians left a scary amount of radioactive material in random places after the union fell :/ I'm reminded of the Lia Radiological Incident (three men irrad
by voidUpdate 1y ago
The russians left a scary amount of radioactive material in random places after the union fell :/ I'm reminded of the Lia Radiological Incident (three men irradiated by the remains of soviet RTGs) and the 1997 Tbilisi, Georgia incident where 11 servicemen were irradiated by a radioactive source in a jacket, left over from soviet training
- perihelions 1y agoDon't forget the space nukes [reactors]! Some of them exploded, and stringed the planet with Saturn-like rings of nuclear dust[0]; others are slowly oscillating towards Earth like the blade from the Poe story, to impact sometime a few centuries from now. [0] https://ntrs.nasa.gov/api/citations/20190033494/downloads/20190033494.pdf https://ntrs.nasa.gov/api/citations/20190033494/downloads/20... ("The NaK Population: a 2019 Status" (.pdf))
- lupusreal 1y agoTo be clear, nuclear reactors, not nuclear bombs. It's droplets of the liquid metal they used as coolant in their nuclear powered ocean radar recon satellites.
- perihelions 1y agoIt's both nuclear fuel and droplets, although the clouds of metal droplets are much easier to track by radar. Several of the space reactors did explode (were observed to break up and fragment).
- jodrellblank 1y agoSimilar accident in 1980 when a lost Caesium-137 capsule in a quarry became mixed into a concrete wall of a bedroom in an apartment block in Kramatorsk, killing several people and making others ill, for 8 years before it was found: https://www.curiousarchive.com/death-in-apartment-85-the-kramatorsk-radiological-accident/ https://www.curiousarchive.com/death-in-apartment-85-the-kra...
- voidUpdate 1y agoIf you ever want to have a worrying afternoon, have a read of https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_orphan_source_incidents https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_orphan_source_incident...
- ikekkdcjkfke 1y agoI now want a bluetooth geiger counter hooked up to my smartwatch with sound effects
- nancyminusone 1y agoHere you go: https://www.radiacode.com/ https://www.radiacode.com/
- boringg 1y agoThats a much smaller list than I would have expected considering it covers the entire planet.
- cogogo 1y agoWonder what it is about these sources that compels people to pick them up put them in their pocket and surprisingly often keep them in their kitchen. Do they visibly glow or look cool?
- m4rtink 1y agoYeah, this one is super scary...
- e2le 1y agoNot entirely related. Some scam health products are made with radioactive material[0,1] (thorium dioxide) and can be found in wands, baby clothing, pendents, cards, wristbands, face cream, toothbrushes, and more. Even more concerning given that these products will shed that radioactive material into the environment and be ingested by humans. The "quantum wands" as shown in the YouTube video are filled with a sizeable quantity of thorium dioxide powder and is possible to forcibly open. They are illegal but continue to be sold. [0]: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C7TwBUxxIC0 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C7TwBUxxIC0 [1]: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3BA5bw1EV5I https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3BA5bw1EV5I
- mseepgood 1y agoOr the 2006 London incident, where a Putin critic was irradiated by a radioactive source in his stomach.