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| Radiation levels normal after explosion? | |
| 2019-08-08 | |
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| Posted by:3dc |
| #6 Maybe they were testing the nuclear propulsion of their new cruise missile. Iodine 131 has a half life of only 8 days. Its presence indicates recent nuclear fission activity, especially if it poses a health hazard. |
| Posted by: Elmerert Hupens2660 2019-08-08 22:48 |
| #5 Evidently, Ivan has had TWO accidents in the last 72 hours. One (from this story) of a ballistic missile blowing up (may have had a nuclear warhead) at a Russian missile testing facility. And the other from a couple of days ago in central Russia turned out to be from a massive blast of conventional ordinance. (It looks like they learned nothing from their massive accident back in 1981(?) all the bunker doors were open) |
| Posted by: The peanut gallery 2019-08-08 21:24 |
| #4 Need much more on this. |
| Posted by: newc 2019-08-08 20:55 |
| #3 There was a big boom at a Russian ammo dump somewhere north of Mongolia a couple of days ago. Video analysis estimated the fireball at around 10kT. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-m0fDeQl94c |
| Posted by: The peanut gallery 2019-08-08 19:49 |
| #2 Iodine 131 is a short lived, and thus highly radioactive fission product. If this is a big concern nuclear reactor damage is most likely. A nuclear explosion or fizzle is less likely as it would produce a smaller amount of fission products compared to a continuously operating reactor. |
| Posted by: Elmerert Hupens2660 2019-08-08 13:52 |
| #1 Reports of elevated iodine 131 levels in the area prompting officials to tell locals to take iodine pills. |
| Posted by: 3dc 2019-08-08 13:19 |