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[–] [email protected] 17 points 11 months ago (3 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

[–] [email protected] 8 points 11 months ago

New fear unlocked.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 11 months ago

Dude! How come something like that is considered lost and "well, enough searching"!?

[–] [email protected] 2 points 11 months ago (1 children)

I personally find the demon core quite haunting.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 11 months ago (1 children)

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

[–] [email protected] 1 points 11 months ago

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