[HN Gopher] Kramatorsk Radiological Accident
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Kramatorsk Radiological Accident
Author : exizt88
Score : 40 points
Date : 2023-04-02 20:41 UTC (2 hours ago)
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| dekken_ wrote:
| would a geiger counter have been useful here, and if not would
| anything?
| sam_lowry_ wrote:
| About 94.6% of caesium-137 decays by beta emission, so any
| Geiger counter would have shown abnormally high readings.
| gorby91 wrote:
| Would they not have been effectively blocked by the concrete
| wall the capsule was embedded in?
| eurasiantiger wrote:
| Considering how common radiation sources are in Chinese gadgets
| (some even containing radioactive materials in loose powder
| form), a dosimeter or a geiger counter is mandatory safety
| equipment when moving house.
| timcobb wrote:
| What kind of gadgets?
| pmfgpmfg wrote:
| [dead]
| crazygringo wrote:
| Sorry, what?
|
| What types of "gadgets" specifically? Why would there be
| radiation sources in them? Why would they be in powder form?
| And why from China specifically?
|
| This is not any kind of common knowledge. Can you point to
| sources for this? Who considers this "mandatory safety
| equipment"?
| userbinator wrote:
| _The search for the capsule was unsuccessful and ended after a
| week._
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| A vastly different response than this recent accident in which
| they did not give up after a week:
| https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=34607423
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