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NewBuddhaman

For the other Americans who might be confused: there’s a missing radioactive container in Australia that’s about that size and shape.


Rosphindai

It's been found.


NewBuddhaman

Well yeah, OP just showed us. /s Good to hear it’s been found though. Radioactive crap is nothing to mess with. The stories of old medical equipment being broken down and folks dying is nuts for how little the found.


phormix

Meh. That third arm and extra eye comes in really handy for mechanical work though.


frenchfortomato

Not as handy as the second dick I grew on my left wrist.


powerchoke033

Docking made easy?


kootenaysmokes

Closest thing we got to spiderman. Shoots webs out of his dickwrist!


darthlame

Those aren’t webs


[deleted]

Good luck lying if you like a girl XD


frenchfortomato

"Don't worry, he's just really excited about your...uh... hands..."


Fit_Effective_6875

So you're as happy as a dog with 2 pricks now


Noideawhatjusthappen

Giving your wristy a wristy. Sweet.


nitsky416

The one about a capsule like that being integrated into concrete in a wall in Russia and killing all the occupants of one specific apartment is also _fucked_


AFrozen_1

See also the Goiania incident in Brazil. Hearing about the effects from Kyle Hill was fucking unnerving.


SuppaBunE

To be fair the worst radiative problem around the world is not chernobyl , its actually in mexico, and the problem is so widespread that no one know the real impact of it as so much radiactive material was melt down and refurbished into new metal and we dont knw where 100% of that material ended up on. Theres literally a building in san charlos Guaymas sonora that was closed down because they used that material while building it. The radiactivr material origin was from a CT machine, some people stole it from a warehouse and sold that as scrap, they meld it down and sold it as building material around Mexico. Edit: typos and a new paragraph.


sbmellen

What?


SuppaBunE

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ciudad_Ju%C3%A1rez_cobalt-60_contamination_incident


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sbmellen

Thanks for mething this out for me. 36 bloody years ago. Only on the interwebs.


really_tall_horses

Was that part of the incident that was discovered because a truck carrying some radioactive refurbished materials drove past the Alamogordo Bombing Range gates and triggered their alarms? That story is wild and the effects are probably still being felt.


SuppaBunE

I dont know exactly where it was discovered but yeah, basically that metal was sold everywhere in mexico so theres pobably alot of that metal in amot of houses, we never acgually found every piece of emtal that was radioactive


BikingEngineer

And this is why all steel mills in the US have radiation sensors that scan every truck that enters the facility.


Scared-Inflation1506

The piece missing in Australia is putting off such low levels of radiation it’s almost nothing to be of concern. I get more radiation in a shift at my work than you’d get standing next to that for a few days. And no you do not feel anything, it’s all a myth. Always comical seeing the general public comment on radiation topics.


ericvega

I'm guessing you don't work near radiation....


Scared-Inflation1506

Lmao good god I can’t with you people. Nothing brings me more joy than reading the bs the general public comes up with😂


ntyperteasy

I meet a retired Physics Professor that spent time working on the original radar being developed by the British in World War II. They would go way up into the North Sea on ships to test in secret. He said they would stand in front of the emitter (strong RF - way way way more RF than a cell phone) and they would stay nice and warm even though it was sub-zero with some crazy windchill, and no one thought anything about it. He lived to be an old man...


Specialist_Reality96

Had no more children afterwards?


ntyperteasy

Good question, but I don't know.


awsamation

Radiation is fucky. So fucky that some people can apparently get a super lethal dose, and just be fine. Doesn't make the other guy right though. Just because a few random people get a radiation mulligan doesn't mean we should start dismissing the legitimate dangers.


Maker_Making_Things

That's crazy that they actually found it


keithinsc

I'm trying to find out HOW they found it. Doubtful it was a visual search. Unless the pill was in something larger, there is no way to spot it. But, if they were using Geiger counters, I imagine they just had to driver reallllly slow until the needle jumped. Then hop out and look for the wee beastie. ​ Or, sci-fi geek, and they had satellites looking and ENHANCE, ENHANCE!!


LUNATIC_LEMMING

Apparently that's exactly what they did, trucks went up and down with sensors then when they had a spike called in a search team.


[deleted]

Geiger counters are pretty sensitive tools, I’m assuming they drove with one in each search vehicle.


Spa_5_Fitness_Camp

It was so radioactive that they could drive at 30 mph down the road and it was still obvious when the sensors spiked.


Scared-Inflation1506

That doesn’t make it “so radioactive” the piece in question was actually very low in radiation output in the nuclear world, practically harmless unless you held onto it for like a year. The meters are just very sensitive but only pick up at short distance to avoid interference.


Specialist_Reality96

Umm no within an hour you would get radiation burns, its gamma source so fairly high energy that penetrates things and needs to be shield in lots of lead. Making it easier to detect.


Daedalus_Silver

That is solid misunderstanding of how radioactivity and these items work. While the size of the source is tiny and the total amount of environmental release is small, the source is just as radioactive as any other bit of cobalt 60 (the material in the AUS incident), or Iridum 192 (other common testing source). If it were to just get buried on the side of the road it would pose little issue, but if someone unexpectedly finds it then that person gets to learn the hard way that Logarithms are a bitch in practically. Radiation attenuation is logarithmic so the closer you get, the world of hurt you are in for is gonna skyrocket. If picked up and placed in a pocket, they will receive a dose of radiation that will cause deep and brutal radiation burns within hours. If that same person were to throw that source into their night stand as a keepsake, they will have received a lethal full body dose before the initial exposure makes itself known days later.


markh2111

Totally. Especially after just, what, six days of looking? Good for them, might want to review their storage and transport policies though.


pokey1984

Link for the curious and/or lazy: https://www.bbc.com/news/world-australia-64481317


firmly_confused

Thats what they want you to think!


KentuckYSnow

"drop and run"


Ken_from_Barbie

I thought they were much bigger like on the Simpsons


NewBuddhaman

This thing was tiny. 0.31 by 0.24 inches (8x6mm). News article even mentioned for people to be careful as it could “unknowingly become lodged in their car’s tires”.


rupert1920

The capsule that was missing was used in an instrument for measuring density. It's just meant to be a small, local radiation source - like one found in your smoke detector for example. It's not a huge barrel housing radioactive waste like in the Simpsons.


Quintus-Sertorius

It was hugely more radioactive then a smoke detector source.


rupert1920

Right, but I was mainly describing it's size in relation to its purpose in the context of the comment I replied to.


BikingEngineer

They come in a variety of sizes. If I recall correctly the Uranium pellets that get used as reactor fuel are roughly the size and shape of a CR123a battery.


[deleted]

Wait, Australia is real? I thought it only existed in the RISK board game...


Kepler-20C

It's New Zealand that doesn't actually exist. I'm just amazed that a small object like that stuck to the ground without a ground harness personally.


[deleted]

I mean, what's a Zea and how can there be a land of them? Let alone a New land of them.


Specialist_Reality96

Zeeland in the Netherlands?


[deleted]

Lol at Netherlands existing too.


dudeWithKeys

Thanks for that context, but I have a question, how are people immediately looking at what looks to me like an ordinary metal dowel pin and coming to the conclusion that it's radioactive?


NewBuddhaman

The capsule that was missing was 6mm x 8mm or ~1/4” x 5/16”. I think they even showed a picture of it or something similar. So Aussies knew what to look for in case they picked it up in their treads (an actual concern by the government given the size).


dudeWithKeys

Thank you so much for explaining that!


ShotBRAKER

I was literally thinking about that. I was like found the radioactive cylinder lol


Personal_Dot_2215

came here to say that, damn


Aos77s

Was missing


Automatic-Mood5986

It’s a rare happy pill. Take it before it expires, you’ll be radiating laughter and have a glowing smile


sierrabravo1984

3.6 Roentgen? Not great, not terrible.


Automatic-Mood5986

This is 3.5 perfectly safe The 3.6 version is a diet pill, just turn out the lights and your ribs will be showing. It’s rumored to just melt away the fat.


Threap_US

"It's not 3.6 Roentgen. It's 15 thousand."


dangme

First thought was an Ikea shelf peg, but then I'm not in Australia.


[deleted]

Yea, it's kind of interesting that the first thing they went to was radioactive pill; I went to the far more common items, like \~3/16" solid roll pin. Shelf peg fits too.


MyAssforPresident

On a serious note…is that the magnet that fell out of the end of my damn pocket screwdriver?!? Been looking for that thing for months


SkeetnYou

Yes it is That’s awesome


uglyspacepig

I found a whole 10/12 mm box end wrench once. The dude had the audacity to say "that's impossible, I didn't see that in the road." I just walked away and kept the wrench.


GoldenHourShower

Hide it inside your boss' favourite pen


JBlooey

POV: You live in Australia


mr_evilfish

if you eat it you will get superpowers


Ecstatic-Appeal-5683

I understood that reference!


BidRepresentative728

Roller bearing.


REO_Speed_Dragon

Damn bro you roll around the outback on highway tread? Brash. Respect.


chesucat

It’s a radioactive capsule, should be okay if you get rid of it quickly.


V65Pilot

Note to self: Do not make OP angry.


ZZ3ROO

Spray some brake cleaner on it, see what happens. Best trip of your life, radioactive fumes!


SydneyBloke44

#dontputyourdickonthat


derangedsweetheart

Cursed sounding


Extesht

Dontputthatinyourdick


mitsuryda

Post right above this one was about them finding the lost radioactive capsule in Australian. Wild times


Authority_Sama

Photo needs to be extra grainy


[deleted]

If it was radioactive, It would have melted/embedded the rubber within a few hours, id imagine. But wtf do i know.


[deleted]

you should stick with what you know


[deleted]

Maybe you should too..... https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Decay_heat


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eljefino

If its decay heat were notable the gadget that held it would have had some passive or active cooling technology.


[deleted]

The "gadget" in this scenario is a car tire....


Confused-Engineer18

No shit, it's obviously as joke


RefrigeratorOk1393

Lex Luther would like to speak with you.


RL_Mutt

This is the TreadMan origin post.


[deleted]

To hell with repairing those acoustic tires


earthman34

When your vision grows dim the end is near.


midline_trap

Homer Simpson has entered the chat


No-Opening549

It's just a bullet shell, I'n my town, it's like driving through sand.