Mr.Trunk · @mrtrunk
10 followers · 17941 posts · Server dromedary.seedoubleyou.meGizmodo: Nuclear Weapons Partly Responsible for Radioactive Wild Boars, Researchers Say https://gizmodo.com/nuclear-weapons-radioactive-wild-boars-chernobyl-1850786614?utm_source=regular #environmentalimpactofnuclearpower #radioactivecontamination #chernobyldisaster #energyconversion #fissionproducts #nuclearreactor #nuclearfallout #nuclearweapon #radiobiology #nuclearpower #environment #steinhauser #warconflict #caesium137 #caesium #samples
#environmentalimpactofnuclearpower #radioactivecontamination #chernobyldisaster #energyconversion #fissionproducts #nuclearreactor #nuclearfallout #nuclearweapon #radiobiology #nuclearpower #environment #steinhauser #warconflict #caesium137 #caesium #samples
MDouglasWray · @mdwray
48 followers · 517 posts · Server mindly.socialhttps://www.cnn.com/2023/02/01/australia/australia-radioactive-capsule-found-intl-hnk/ - Interesting - there are supposedly strict rules about this kind of material being transported.Somebody got some 'splainin to do.
#Caesium137 #SourceLostFound
Andy Baker · @Andbaker
393 followers · 360 posts · Server aus.socialIf you were looking for an explainer on why radioactive caesium is used in the mining and resources sector, and how a source shouldn't go 'missing', I recommend this article:
#environment #wa #caesium137 #australia #radioactivity
Mark Dunk · @unklar
374 followers · 1238 posts · Server mastodon.educationCall for review into disappearance of 'dangerous', tiny radioactive capsule in Western Australia
By Cason Ho
An urgent warning remains in place after the caesium-137 capsule, only 6 millimetres in diameter and 8mm long, was reported missing on January 25.
#australia #cesium137 #caesium137 #radiation #riotinto
Johan Blyatstra · @dynode
124 followers · 1029 posts · Server mas.toThe Guardian is so eager to engage in nuclear fearmongering that they forget to give #becquerel the proper SI prefix. It's 19 GBq, not 19 Bq, a value 1 x 10⁶ or 1000000 times greater 😄
#radioactivity #nuclear #caesium137 #Australia #becquerel