• BreadOven@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    According to an article posted in the comments, this was in '96 and it was emitting 10 times less radiation. It says over 500 seconds would be lethal.

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      1 year ago

      Still, that close and without full face coverage. I certainly wouldn’t want to be there.

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        1 year ago

        Do you think that the suit he’s wearing somehow protects against the gamma radiation and neutrons screaming through his body? It’s just to keep from tracking dust / tiny radioactive particles.

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        Definitely agreed. The article said he just took a quick reading while the picture was taken. Apparently no long term effects would happen from the little exposure, but I’m not sure their reference for that.

        Either way, the further away to it from me, the better.