• Tar_Alcaran
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    6 months ago

    Excuse me, KILOcurie source?

    Remember when last year Australia panicked because a source fell off a truck? That was a 0.3 Curie source.

    I wouldn’t exactly say “any technician” can operate this with “minimal instruction”.

    • @assassinatedbyCIA
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      106 months ago

      This is the same company that created radiation therapy machines that kill you. I don’t think they thought too deeply about safety.

    • @SkybreakerEngineer
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      86 months ago

      According to Wikipedia, 1 gram of Co-60 is 1.1k curies. That said, 1 gram of Co-60 is a LOT