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"Released from the facility’s smokestack" sounds bad. Is it even possible to clean this up, if true?

• hedgehog 1y ago
  Depending on where it went, maybe. Scrape and remove topsoil and everything on top of it downwind where the particles settle. Dredge any waterways. Etc. Edit: You can read about one such cleanup after the incident linked here: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Radioactive_contamination_from_the_Rocky_Flats_Plant https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Radioactive_contamination_from...
  • lima 1y ago
    This article is talking about relocating residents, doesn't sound great: https://kbr.id/articles/indeks/membongkar-ancaman-paparan-radiasi-cesium-137-di-cikande https://kbr.id/articles/indeks/membongkar-ancaman-paparan-ra...
  • Polizeiposaune 1y ago
    Complicating matters, cesium's melting point is 28.5C/83.3F - given the Indonesian climate it's going to be liquid a lot of the time.
    • lazide 1y ago
      cesium is one of the most reactive metals known - it can’t stay in pure form in the atmosphere at all. it long ago formed compounds