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minus-squareTar_Alcaran@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up11·edit-29 months agoExcuse 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”.
minus-squareassassinatedbyCIA@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·9 months agoThis is the same company that created radiation therapy machines that kill you. I don’t think they thought too deeply about safety.
minus-squareSkybreakerEngineer@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·9 months agoAccording to Wikipedia, 1 gram of Co-60 is 1.1k curies. That said, 1 gram of Co-60 is a LOT
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”.
This is the same company that created radiation therapy machines that kill you. I don’t think they thought too deeply about safety.
According to Wikipedia, 1 gram of Co-60 is 1.1k curies. That said, 1 gram of Co-60 is a LOT