Recovery of orphan sources in Georgia
Recovery of orphan sources in Georgia
I've been having a tidy-up of my Watch Later list in YouTube and came across this video which, being fairly short, I thought I'd finally watch. It shows footage of a team of guys going into the Georgian (country, not state) woods in the middle of winter in 2002 to recover some highly radioactive substances that are just lying on the ground. Does anyone know the background to this f.cking insane situation?
it's okay to say "I don't know"
Re: Recovery of orphan sources in Georgia
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lia_radiological_accidentFishnut wrote: ↑Tue Mar 22, 2022 9:00 pmI've been having a tidy-up of my Watch Later list in YouTube and came across this video which, being fairly short, I thought I'd finally watch. It shows footage of a team of guys going into the Georgian (country, not state) woods in the middle of winter in 2002 to recover some highly radioactive substances that are just lyin"g on the ground. Does anyone know the background to this f.cking insane situation?
"The accident was a result of unlabeled radioisotope thermoelectric generator cores which had been improperly dismantled and left behind from the Soviet era."
ETA Jesus wept, that's a hard read!
Last edited by Gfamily on Tue Mar 22, 2022 9:13 pm, edited 1 time in total.
My avatar was a scientific result that was later found to be 'mistaken' - I rarely claim to be 100% correct
ETA 5/8/20: I've been advised that the result was correct, it was the initial interpretation that needed to be withdrawn
Meta? I'd say so!
ETA 5/8/20: I've been advised that the result was correct, it was the initial interpretation that needed to be withdrawn
Meta? I'd say so!
Re: Recovery of orphan sources in Georgia
Quoted rather than edited
My avatar was a scientific result that was later found to be 'mistaken' - I rarely claim to be 100% correct
ETA 5/8/20: I've been advised that the result was correct, it was the initial interpretation that needed to be withdrawn
Meta? I'd say so!
ETA 5/8/20: I've been advised that the result was correct, it was the initial interpretation that needed to be withdrawn
Meta? I'd say so!