- bstix ( @bstix@feddit.dk ) English17•11 months ago
Wikipedia has an entire list of civilian radiation accidents.
The one that scares me the most happened in Ukraine where a radioactive capsule was accidentally built into an apartment building. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kramatorsk_radiological_accident
- Catoblepas ( @Catoblepas@lemmy.blahaj.zone ) 8•11 months ago
New fear unlocked.
- fernandocarletti ( @fernandocarletti@lemmy.eco.br ) 3•11 months ago
Dude! How come something like that is considered lost and “well, enough searching”!?
- SisIsNotMaiMaserTong ( @SisIsNotMaiMaserTong@feddit.de ) 2•11 months ago
I personally find the demon core quite haunting.
- flicker ( @flicker@kbin.social ) 8•11 months ago
The demon core doesn’t really scare me because at least everyone there knew about the potential for harm.
- SisIsNotMaiMaserTong ( @SisIsNotMaiMaserTong@feddit.de ) 1•11 months ago
It is always unsettling that dropping the reflector for a second caused a deadly radiation dose. Radiation is a bitch.
- Corroded ( @CorrodedCranium@leminal.space ) English5•11 months ago
Plainly Difficult has a lot of videos on similar radiation incidents if you are interested. Here is a video covering a stolen radiotherapy device in Mexico.
- Jessica ( @SayJess@lemmy.blahaj.zone ) English2•11 months ago
Love Plainly Difficult! Def recommend them 🙂
- Kid_Thunder ( @Kid_Thunder@kbin.social ) 3•11 months ago
Those deaths were horrific and it is especially said about the 6 year old girl.
Another interesting fact:
Other contamination was also found in or on:
Three buses
42 houses
fourteen cars
five pigs
50,000 rolls of toilet paper - ftothe3 ( @ftothe3@lemm.ee ) 1•11 months ago
Tim Harford just did an episode on this story. Great listen. Great podcast!
https://timharford.com/2023/11/cautionary-tales-the-lethal-fallout-of-a-stolen-treasure/
- Kalash ( @theKalash@feddit.ch ) 1•11 months ago
Also covered in this video. The channel has an entire playlist with similar accidents called “Sources in the wild”.