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TIL 4 people died (including a child) and over 200 were seriously injured after two men stole a caesium-137 radiotherapy device from an abandoned hospital and sold it for scrap, hoping to make money. (en.wikipedia.org)
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[–] bstix@feddit.dk 17 points 10 months ago (5 children)

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

[–] SisIsNotMaiMaserTong@feddit.de 2 points 10 months ago (1 children)

I personally find the demon core quite haunting.

[–] flicker@kbin.social 8 points 10 months ago (1 children)

The demon core doesn't really scare me because at least everyone there knew about the potential for harm.

[–] SisIsNotMaiMaserTong@feddit.de 1 points 10 months ago

It is always unsettling that dropping the reflector for a second caused a deadly radiation dose. Radiation is a bitch.

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