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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
New fear unlocked.
Dude! How come something like that is considered lost and “well, enough searching”!?
I personally find the demon core quite haunting.
The demon core doesn’t really scare me because at least everyone there knew about the potential for harm.
It is always unsettling that dropping the reflector for a second caused a deadly radiation dose. Radiation is a bitch.
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.
Love Plainly Difficult! Def recommend them 🙂
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 paperTim 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/
Also covered in this video. The channel has an entire playlist with similar accidents called “Sources in the wild”.