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Brian Gaff
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OT Unreported nuclear accident in Russia?
I wondered what had happened to all those Trimfones and their betalites....
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On Saturday, 11 November 2017 09:14:45 UTC, Nightjar wrote:
On 11-Nov-17 8:19 AM, Brian Gaff wrote:
Sounds like a bit of a non event to me. They did not say what this
isotope
is normally used for so what might have released it is hard to
suggest...
It is commonly used for medical purposes. It may also be released during
nuclear fuel reprocessing. It is not absorbed by the body and is a beta
emitter, so you would need to ingest it for it to have any effect. Harry
should be a lot more worried about eating a banana.
Colin Bignell
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More info here.
https://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-...t-farther-east
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