Radiation release near Severodvinsk

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Milos
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Re: Radiation release near Severodvinsk

Post by Milos » 20 Aug 2019, 07:11

And here we go again; it is like Déjà vu, the same old tricks as in the Soviet era, equivocation and double-talk. Here is some other piece to the puzzle; medical staff was probably contaminated with Cs-137, when they took care of people injured during the accident. And again, nobody told them about the risk.

https://www.themoscowtimes.com/2019/08/ ... ims-a66896

So it supports the idea of small nuclear reactor for the rocket propulsion. I can be wrong, but I cannot imagine radioisotope heater unit which would be able to release such insane amount of heat energy to heat many cubic meters of gas per second to a temperature needed for the propulsion.

I think, they will not hide the truth anyway, at least no for longer time.

gwgw
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Re: Radiation release near Severodvinsk

Post by gwgw » 27 Aug 2019, 00:13

One more article regarding isotope identification of the radioactive cloud: https://www.interfax.ru/russia/673950

They mention Sr-91, Ba-139, Ba-140 and La-140. One of the people treated in the hospital had elevated Cs-137 levels detected in his tissue, but they determined it has no relation to the explosion.