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I read 'Nuclear Batteries' and the first thing I think about is the "Lia Radological accident", where three men were exposed and one died. https://en.wikipedia
by louwrentius 1y ago
I read 'Nuclear Batteries' and the first thing I think about is the "Lia Radological accident", where three men were exposed and one died.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lia_radiological_accident https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lia_radiological_accident
This incident happened in the country of Georgia, which was part of the Sovjet Union. Which probably already hints towards the root-cause of this incident (they lost track of the devices).
Also: Just because you can, doesn't mean you should.
- zparky 1y agooh man i read that medical report [1] a while ago. nightmare fuel, with nightmare pictures included. https://www-pub.iaea.org/MTCD/Publications/PDF/Pub1660web-81061875.pdf https://www-pub.iaea.org/MTCD/Publications/PDF/Pub1660web-81...
- StrangeDoctor 1y agoThere’s something especially bad about radiological burns. Not necessarily knowing severe damage is being done, we don’t have a feedback loop to even know we should get away. And beyond the metaphysical and psychological aspects for me, they just look wrong.
- rossant 1y agoOh wow. What a read. Thank you.
- Bayart 1y agoThe Wikipedia article links to the IAEA recovery video where you can more or less see everything : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BE5T0GkoKG8 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BE5T0GkoKG8