#caesium137 — Public Fediverse posts

@Rolandelli Of course there's a Wikipedia page with the background, the contaminated smelter, the metal thieves, etc
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2025_radioactive_shrimp_recall
#radioactive #Walmart #caesium137

@Rolandelli Of course there's a Wikipedia page with the background, the contaminated smelter, the metal thieves, etc
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2025_radioactive_shrimp_recall
#radioactive #Walmart #caesium137

@WiteWulf ermagurd. Ta.

Evidently someone recycled something they shouldn't have. Again.

#Caesium137

Rätsel der radioaktiven Wildschweine gelöst. Warum Wildschweine in Deutschland scheinbar unmöglich hohe Mengen Cäsium-137 in sich tragen. #radioaktiv #Wildschwein #Caesium137 #Kontamination #Fallout https://www.scinexx.de/news/biowissen/raetsel-der-radioaktiven-wildschweine-geloest/

Rätsel der radioaktiven Wildschweine gelöst. Warum Wildschweine in Deutschland scheinbar unmöglich hohe Mengen Cäsium-137 in sich tragen. #radioaktiv #Wildschwein #Caesium137 #Kontamination #Fallout https://www.scinexx.de/news/biowissen/raetsel-der-radioaktiven-wildschweine-geloest/

Gizmodo: 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

If 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:

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2023/jan/31/what-is-the-radioactive-capsule-missing-in-wa-used-for-and-how-dangerous-is-it

#environment #WA #caesium137 #australia #radioactivity

If 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:

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2023/jan/31/what-is-the-radioactive-capsule-missing-in-wa-used-for-and-how-dangerous-is-it

#environment #WA #caesium137 #australia #radioactivity

Call 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.

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-01-29/call-for-review-into-disappearance-of-radioactive-capsule/101904900

#australia #cesium137 #caesium137 #radiation #riotinto

Call 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.

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-01-29/call-for-review-into-disappearance-of-radioactive-capsule/101904900

#australia #cesium137 #caesium137 #radiation #riotinto

Eine typisches Anthropozän-Unternehmen sprengt mal eben heilige Stätten von Aborigines weg, um Eisenerz zu fördern. Immerhin gibt es einen ziemlichen medialen Aufschrei, und das Unternehmen ist gerade dabei zu versuchen, da irgendwas wieder gut zu machen. Bei dieser Gelegenheit ist jedoch eine winzige, fingerkuppengroße #Kapsel abhanden gekommen, die #Caesium137 abstrahlt. Nach der sucht jetzt halb #Australien. Auf einer Strecke von 1400km.
https://www.bbc.com/news/business-64448879