chernobyl 2012 II: yet another hot particle of nuclear reactor fuel (deja vu)

[@kerimil]

I almost get the feeling that the video is giving me cancer

[@petros311]

με τοο!

[@alexeyvishnyakov8132]

she held the particle that emitted the annual dose of background radiation (~2.4 mSv), but per hour (more than a spinal x-ray) edit: 18 mSv!!! it's almost 2 ct scans... from a tiny dot

[@yaykruser]

@@alexeyvishnyakov813218mSv to her hand, the rest of the body only got a few microsieverts

[@ABC-dw7pe]

Don’t just stare at the hot particle.... EAT IT!

[@cezarcatalin1406]

A O Mmmm Spicy...

[@bionerd23]

yes, i rose to a level 78 nuclear fuel scout with a +5 lead skin perk.

[@bionerd23]

coal power? i actually promote the stop of using coal power plants, its crazy! its destroys nature, same as digging for uranium - but with one kilogram of uranium, you get the same power as from TEN TONS OF COAL! the worst case accident happens every day, in the form of underground coal fires we can never extinguish again, shooting CO2 into the air for a thousand years...

[@xsnut1]

people in power are ignorant....do you know much about the msr...?

[@KeVIn-pm7pu]

@@xsnut1 Moving on from the MSBR

[@MK-ti2ps]

19 millisievert/hour = 1.9 roentgen/hour =190 chest x-ray....not great but not terrible..

[@kevin42]

MK 1994 iv heard its the eqivelant of a chest xray

[@colchronic]

Not even 3.6 roentgens, ezpz

[@WadcaWymiaru]

I will stay with sieverts not the roentgens or rems...i know one Sv=one joule...not that much.

[@LCdrDerrick]

@@WadcaWymiaru If a basketball hits you with one joule, it might just hurt, but with no bruise or broken bones expectable. If a slightly lighter and way smaller baseball hits you with one joule it'll hurt you even more and there might be a bruise. If a tiny air gun projectile hits you delivering one joule, it might already penetrate your skin and there will be blood. But if a huge number of particles as small as neutrons and electrons or gamma quantums/rays hit you with the cummulated energy of one joule, not too few of them might be playing bowling with your cells or DNA molecules on a very small scale indeed, but also even deeper within the tissue and much more violent. That is the magic with radiation. No problem to stop a rolling car at walking pace, but no chance to stop a .223 bullet with the same amount of energy by hand without hurting. It is something to show off and playing around with more or less weak doses as a hard-nosed and well educated physicist in Prypjat, but it has a certain taste of immaturity and borderline disorder for me and a lot of people have involuntary suffered and died from the same stuff, she is digging out for fun and to show how relatively safe everything is.

[@WadcaWymiaru]

@@LCdrDerrick This is ONE joule PER HOUR. And in most of the Czarnobyl radiation background is less than milisivert per hour. 56µSv/h is in the beach called "Guarapairi"

[@bionerd23]

if you'd watch my other videos, you'd be able to quickly find that out for yourself... :) i have a lot of explanations about all kinds of radiation-related subjects there.

[@bionerd23]

there's no radiation sickness from minor doses like this. you pass portal monitors to check for external contamination. then, you pass. you have to leave shoes etc. behind if they're contaminated, but it rarely happens. by washing my hands simply with soap after this day, i was decontaminated already, so no monitors alarmed as i passed them.

[@bionerd23]

as i received quite a lot of emails / comments regarding my trips to chernobyl, you can now find info on these "special" trips to the zone at the forum i am a member of: forum.pripyat.de i believe that's much better than repeating everything for each single request... so if you're interested, see you at the forum! :)

[@bionerd23]

while everybody rants about not wanting wind power plants near them or new electric grid wires near them, because they make you sick with electromagnetic fields and what not... but at the same time, they freak out about nuclear power... so we turn to coal... -_- crazy world...

[@gregdean5033]

EmF is harmless to us. Nuclear is and has been heading off in the wrong direction. Thorium is the way to go and if the Chinese are investing in Hinckley Point C for example, we should take note that they are also able to demonstrate the sense and the proactive application of Thorium, reactors. We need to realise that a particuler thorium reactor if it goes wrong, just stops. We then fix it. Like any machine, any reactor will run into a broken condition and need attention. Machines are always like that. The current practices are foolhardy as ever and we need to think of future generations. The potential for widespread damage at Chernobyl is clear and factual. Let's talk also about the truth where Fukushima is concerned. Let's talk about eggs in ovaries and subsequent generations in a family line. Let's talk about reducing natural hazards, not pursuing things which are increasing or perpetuating them. LFTR

[@WadcaWymiaru]

@@gregdean5033 We resigned from nuclear because of fear and runaway machine. But IMAGINE the very first steam train boiler exploded and killed many people. Did we refused this technology? NO! The very first rider died from horse fall, again that same question!

[@KeVIn-pm7pu]

@@gregdean5033 instead of reading Internet Blogs try "the thorium molten Salt reactor: moving on from the msbr"

[@bionerd23]

i calculated it back for the "old" fuel fragment i found, though the dose was probably estimated as too high. i used the gamma scout's reading, as it is calibrated with Cs-137, the main isotope in these fragments - however, the reading still seems to be off. at worst, it's possible to assume 20 Sv/h at 1mm for this piece, but the most likely is about a mere 2 Sv/h at 1mm, which would equal to "skin cell distance".

[@saltontheslug9067]

another faulty meter, you're wasting our time.

[@bionerd23]

dont worry, i am. when there's a true risk of this - and i have encountered such during this trip to chernobyl - i do wear respiratory protection, and even gloves.

[@bionerd23]

not really. it depends on how old the fuel is. fresh fuel has hardly any fission products, and you can just basically hold it in your hand. fresh low-enriched uranium is less radioactive than natural uranium with decay (daughter) products! the fuel only becomes more and more radioactive with more and more fission products building up (in reactor operation). but those decay again as well - a fresh piece of spent fuel is VERY VERY HOT and much hotter than what we see here, but not after 30 years.

[@wandalllither2452]

How much of it need to boil water so i can run turbine to spin my generator and warm the house? I ve seen Galen Winsor can easily eat PURE Plutonium dust or some sort, and he sayin that it always warm to touch in humid conditions

[@marianmarkovic5881]

@@wandalllither2452 1st plutonium realy love to oxidize on air creating fine dust,.. not good for you to inhale it, second it is toxic, third, it is warm,... actualy when Trinity core was brouth to Los Alamos, when they completing bomb for test, core didnt fit in since by getting warm it expanded,.. they had to activly cool it of to fit it in. And at last why run generator to heat up house,. just heat it up directly,...

[@CB-RADIO-UK]

Shit no gloves !

[@WadcaWymiaru]

That was NOT enough to burn bionerd girl...

[@System32F]

Gloves will not do anything even lead would be bad as well and x-rays would be emitted

[@zarrzy]

Gloves won’t do anything

[@BlackDesignTMs]

@@zarrzy only protect Alpha-Particels

[@Neawoulf]

Can't watch these videos without getting the urgent wish to wash my hands. I really don't know why you're making these videos without proper safety clothing, but i have to admit: They are pretty interesting to watch and i can partly understand the fascination for areas like the chernobyl zone. But please take care of your health in the future, life is short enough.

[@RedneckVibe150]

Right I wouldn't even think about going anywhere near there without a military grade nuclear bio hazard suit.

[@beepIL]

its less about the gloves, its more about the particles that she can breath, like radiated dust etc... imagine her kicking some sand or dirt by mistake next to such hot spot, and inhaling only a tiny sand particle, its done deal for her... that thing will radiate her from inside for as long as she lives

[@Landie_Man]

Its fairly safe in most areas of chernobyl

[@alerighi]

Using gloves makes no difference, it doesn't stop gamma radiation, so as long as you wash your hands afterwards is fine. Radiation is not all that dangerous if you know what you are doing, and she clearly is. A short exposure like that for a couple of minutes doesn't do anything at all. Going on a trip in Chernobyl like she does is probably less dangerous than smoking or drinking alcohol regularly.

[@Evan_Bell]

beepIL uranium oxide isn't metabolised. It's a ceramic.

[@bionerd23]

all info on forum.pripyat.de which was set up to answer questions from my youtube viewers regarding the matter. ;)

[@Nicoles251]

Thank you so much for taking the time to make these videos!! I am completely fascinated by this!! Your videos are awesome and i've learned so much from them!!

[@jreid641]

I don't think I'd be digging it up with my bare hand!

[@bionerd23]

well, i found one of their boots, yes... more later.

[@bionerd23]

nope, i didnt take that fuel fragment with me, lol. that'd have put me into deep shit.

[@bankergrl948]

Sheesh, KZbin comments... Awesome find! Too bad you can't take these with you...

[@bionerd23]

see the dose readings on the meters while i have the fragment in my hand, but the meters further away? that's a classic example of the inverse square law, showing the dose my body receives is absolutely minor. my hands, however, are very resistant to radiation. there's no red bone marrow (blood cell production -> leukemia origin) in the arms (and legs) of an adult, either, for example. the skin can take a few sievert before it even takes a reddening (now image the dose you with with a sunburn!).

[@bionerd23]

that is a very similar dose to touching a primary x-ray beam from a c-arm in interventional radiology, which doctors do every day, because they need to work in the primary beam for a few seconds - e.g. during interventional cardiology (femoralis catheter insertion / seldinger's method, etc.). with many exams every day, their doses to the hands are very similar to my exposure here.

[@PKtraceur93]

EAT IT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@cezarcatalin1406]

Justin YoMomma No, it's too spicy

[@bobl78]

it´s fascinating and interesting, but I wonder why she´s doing it ... did she ever see somebody dying from cancer ?

[@bionerd23]

yup, i did. plenty of times in the hospital - and the first time i saw somebody dying of cancer was when i was 19, and it was my own mother. she died of metastatic lung cancer after terrible suffering (pain from bone and other metastasis) as she finally suffocated due to the accumulation of large amounts of fluid in her lungs (primary lung tumor size at the morgue determined to be >6cm). doesnt mean i have to be unreasonably emotional about this, though. i definitely wont be a smoker at any point in my life after having seen this, but going to a smoker's pub once in a while to party with friends, passively inhaling smoke? fine, same as some minor radiation exposure. as with everything, the amount of a substance determines whether it's dangerous or not. just give your body enough time to repair the damage, and most of all, put "damage" into perspective.

[@bobl78]

bionerd23 Ich habe meine Frau vor 2 Jahren an Brustkrebs verloren, bin jetzt alleine mit 2 Kindern. Wundere mich nur welches Risiko Du eingehst. Faszinierend ist diese Technik aber seit das mit meiner Frau war und weil niemand weiß was letztendlich zu Krebs führt habe ich meine Meinung darüber geändert. Man muß nicht noch zus. Risiko haben und die Wahrscheinlichkeit erhöhen..auch wenns nur theoretisch ist. Besser und krebsarmer wird die Welt durch Chernobyl und Fukushima nicht...würdest Du in den Sarkopharg gehen wenn Du könntest ?

[@bionerd23]

bobl78 warst du im sommer grillen, und hast ein leckeres, dunkles stueck fleisch, ueber kohle gebraten, gegessen? dadurch hast du wahrscheinlich mehr potentiell krebsausloesende DNA-schaeden erzeugt als ich fuer dieses video. macht aber nix, wenn du das nicht JEDEN tag machst, sondern sonst meist gesunde dinge isst. wobei das schwer ist - viele potentiell krebserregende substanzen sind in unserer nahrung etc, und man kann ihnen kaum aus dem weg gehen. ich weiss nicht, welche dosis an schaedlichen chemikalien ich pro tag aufnehme - waehrend mir die strahlendosis ganz genau bekannt ist. und sie ist klein, auch in diesem video. freie radikale und resultierende doppelstrangbrueche und andere DNA schaeden sind das gleiche, egal, ob sie durch eine chemikalie wie acrylamid oder durch gammastrahlung erzeugt wurden. bei der gammastrahlung kann ich mein risiko jedoch messen und einschaetzen - und ja, somit wuerde ich auch in den sarkophag gehen. mit atemschutzmaske und schutzkleidung um mich vor der dort signifikanten inkorporationsgefahr zu schuetzen, und mit vorher nochmals geeichten messgeraeten, um auf nummer sicher zu gehen. aber, ja, da ich das risiko und meine belastung zu jeder zeit ablesen und ggf. wieder umdrehen kann, wuerde ich auch in den sarkophag gehen.

[@ronaldderooij1774]

bionerd23Î believe you have a psychological problem, similar to addiction.

[@artby2wenty]

+bobl78 You know we all die right?

[@PicklesReallySuck]

The lettering on that red device is an accurate description of this person.

[@batterynerd8779]

Holy moly. I would definetly not hold that thing in my hand for too long.

[@bionerd23]

yep. when that was necessary - not in this area, but in others - i did wear respiratory protection and other protective gear.

[@bionerd23]

nope, the limbs of an adult human contain yellow bone marrow only. the cells of hematopoiesis are only found in the red bone marrow, which - in an adult - is only existent in the torso and head. the hands can take very high doses of radiation without much risk / harm. thus, for example, a dose of 200 mSv is permitted to the hands every year when working with radiation, while exemptions to exceed this are easily made; the whole body dose, however, is at a strict maximum of 20 mSv/a.

[@bionerd23]

i dont think nuclear power plants should be forbidden. they should look into thorium reactors more, for there's no isotope separation (enrichment) needed, and it's a much "cleaner" fuel (e.g. cannot produce bomb material with it). they should look into transmutation to take care of the waste problem.

[@bionerd23]

yeah, a few mSv... but that's a dose rate, so it's dose vs. time - mSv/h, milisievert per hour... also, i had it on my hand... that's NOT a full body dose... look up the inverse square law and see how incredibly tiny my whole body dose was!

[@ScoutCrafter]

The power of radiation is so amazing! That camera footage at the end was awesome!

[@bionerd23]

yep. stands for Fischers Aktien-Gesellschaft, though. i guess the person who founded the company did not know english...

[@bionerd23]

yep, impossible to take. most of the radiation is Cs-137 with hard gammas (662 kilo-electronvolts), so almost impossible to shield (and 50 kilograms of lead in a bag with it would look just a tiny little suspicious when carrying!)... plus if you were caught with it, you'd go to hell (ukrainian prison). what i do is, put it in a plastic bag, then bury it beneath moss etc. in a place that is by no means to be accessed by normal tourist tours. i have a few treasure spots now, like a squirrel...

[@bionerd23]

lol, no, i didnt transfer that last one home... i took a tiny smear on a tissue home, which was invisible, but read a few microsievert / hour, so it was sufficient for the HPGe to see. i would've never made it out of the ukraine with that thing in my bag... also, it's very very unlikely to get skin cancer from this particle. lets go to the extreme - 20 mSv/h. that's one hour of holding = 20 milisievert. compare: a mild sunburn, a reddening, starts from about 40000 milisievert (= 4 Sv)...

[@bionerd23]

not more dangerous than your quick standard dentist x-ray.

[@bionerd23]

open your eyes and you'll see, there's moss growing over it, totally unaffected.

[@gregorytimmons4777]

That proves it's harmless right? Go ahead and swallow it.

[@dotslashsatan]

@@gregorytimmons4777 rofl they should do it live and show us the results!

[@stonent]

In the other video she says she can't take anything hot out of the area as they check for it.

[@cracktower3613]

If you ever get this thanks / My new hobbie, Learning understanding all calibrations for Dosimeters and Geiger counters. From Gamma to alpha, to Sv, to Bq and etc. / Curie, Rads - Rems, and Gy, You have to be a PhD just to read those things. Your little tid bits helped me a whole lot in my learning process. Thanks again.

[@sandrojohnson2004]

This hot particle is only admitting the amount of radiation you'll get in a year from the background?

[@bionerd23]

also, did you know that a power mix from a country that exports is declared as "green power" on the european market, as it is not possible to tell apart the many sources? so basically, when you pay for green power here, you may just get a little bit of french nuclear power on a windless, cloudy day. great, eh? sure, it'd be great if we would just get our power from something that has entirely no risks and no side-effects. but it's a dream that lies in the distant future, it's not available now.

[@Ajrocket]

You really touched a thing that has almost 3 roentgens per hour? *Not great not terrible*

[@HimanshuGupta-fz2hm]

What is the cost of lies..??

[@idontneedaname85]

Thanks for all the great vids. I hate how everybody on youtube thinks they know more then you.

[@bionerd23]

uv radiation is ionizing radiation, too. we even make use of it in civil defense with a PID (photoionization detector using a UV lamp) to detect poison gas by ionizing molecules, read up on it. =) it's just not very penetrating, as it has a rather long wavelength and less energy than x-ray or even gamma radiation. but still, the effect on the area it can reach - the skin - is the same as in e.g. gamma rays... only that gamma rays penetrate through flesh and bone just as well.

[@fosterfostan5593]

UV spectrum is not ionizing radiation. Stop spreading bs

[@bionerd23]

doesnt feel like much of anything, lol. it's very light due to its size, it's but a larger grain of sand... anything that you might feel would be a mere placebo effect, i assume.

[@bionerd23]

in three weeks? interesting, let's see about that! and i dont have flu, i have darn allergies (hayfever). always gets to me in the spring and summer. however, i hardly get a flu / cold, max. 1-2 times a year.

[@1mBilly]

"She's gonna catch them all"

[@michalchik]

I stand corrected. Still be careful of accidently ingesting or inhaling microparticals. Even in total radiation does is acceptible, a partical lodged in teh lung or less likely digistice tract will cause a lot of focual muation.

[@kibo8772]

I need that sound as my wake up alarm

[@fnvidstv6754]

AhahahaahHHAHAHA

[@chasemcdingleberg4164]

They turned up the sensitivity its not that radioactive no way you chould get radiation burns these people are cringy to any scientifically literate person

[@MsDima9999]

hi steering wheel

[@BaterieCZ]

Still less than "not good not bad" 3.5roentgens :D

[@bionerd23]

because it's not necessary. during my conventional work, i receive more radiation than during this... nobody complains about the doctors who dont use lead-lines syringes during the injection of 1 GBq of technetium, which gives the cardiac patient a dose of about 5 mSv (acute dose!), and exposes the doctor's hands to very similar levels of radiation if done a couple of times a day, which is common practice... and they do it for some 40+ years of their career. are they all careless nutters, then?

[@bionerd23]

and yeah, the CO2, and the waste.. what is coal? just carbon? nope - it contains trace elements such as mercury, uranium, cadmium, etc. - which will be concentrated in a radioactive poison sludge called "fly ash" as the coal is burned. coal power is the absolute worst power ever, in my opinion.

[@bionerd23]

everybody rants against everything. nobody wants an annoying wind power plant next to them, because it drops shadows. it kills birds. the motors are produced with rare earth elements, harvested in china in ethically wrong work environments. solar cells are not effective enough, or more like, we lack storage. on a burning summer day, the solar cells may give us enough energy... but in winter, we will be screwed, as we cannot store the excess summer energy.

[@bionerd23]

as soon as i know the right people there...

[@sparkie21]

Amazing! What do you do with these particles when you find them? I'm sure you can't take it away from the zone, but it don't seem right to just throw them back on the dirt either!

[@sayori3939]

Just dig a deeper hole :3

[@bionerd23]

roughly three days, sleeping in the town of chornobyl (at normal radiation levels).

[@Ch3mG33k]

That is absolutely insane. I've never heard my gamma scout make that noise.

[@jackfanning7952]

The National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) says there is no safe dose for a carcinogen. Avoid all unnecessary exposure to a carcinogen.

[@chasemcdingleberg4164]

Too bad radiation and carcinogens are 2 separate things you dumb fuck

[@jackfanning7952]

@@chasemcdingleberg4164 I hope you are kidding! If not, how is it that you do not know that radiation is carcinogenic? I can't believe that you don't know that! In fact, the only substance known to mankind that is more carcinogenic than radiation is alflatoxin, a mold growing on moist grain, like corn. Even potent carcinogens like Aldrin, Eldrin and Dieldrin are not as carcinogenic as radiation. Radon gas, emitted from decaying uranium in the earth's crust, is the second leading cause of lung cancer in the USA. Only tobacco causes more lung cancer deaths. HOW CAN YOU NOT KNOW THIS!! You should be embarrasssed at your ignorance. One of my professors told me that he tries to not talk too much. That way, people won't know how ignorant he is. You would do well to take that advice.

[@seifsalman]

Send it in a mail box to someone with a love letter

[@px34azxz64]

put it in their drink.

[@michaeljohn7405]

As they were using the Crain to remove the graphite. pieces of fuel from the core must of reached the roof and so forth no? And as they brought the Crain there for disposal It dropped pieces of fuel that mixed in with roof debris.

[@IamKainadian]

Brave is when you confront danger in spite of yourself to achieve some perceived greater good. This is simply foolish. No courage required. Only denial.

[@bionerd23]

but yeah, i want my computer winter and summer, i want light and warmth, i want to use my stove, and watch the news on TV. solely due to this livestyle, i cannot logically be against nuclear power plants, as for now, we need them... but instead of using them, we're turning to worse - coal power...

[@mustang2005]

Anyone else feel like her videos are giving you radiation?

[@iPickBadUsrnames]

Holding a piece of a nuclear reactor that should have never ever seen the light of day…. God this is friggan insane this is so nutty

[@sandynathan]

That Geiger counter is telling you to get the FUCK AWAY from it. It’s interesting and all but seriously

[@graphicboy]

woman logic find the most dangerous material on the planet and play with it over 6 minutes

[@simonjanosovsky7854]

So.. this is tutorial how to get cancer?

[@kurtstory9466]

Ah...I read enough questions to find the answer to what you did with teh particle. It makes total sense that everyone is screened for contamination when exiting the area. Everybody is safer for that! :)

[@bionerd23]

well, i am already paying 33 eurocents for a kWh. that's due to shutting down too many nuclear power plants at once, so we are importing power (also nuclear power...) from e.g. france, which is pricier. our neighboring countries to the east followed the rise in prices with great interesting, and are now proceeding to build nuclear power plants right at our borders, to be able to deliver to us...

[@jakobjager1]

that loud scream means run away as fast as possiable.

[@sciuri]

I hope that none of the people pouring panicked scorn about "dangers" here has ever engaged in an activity with stochastic risks. - smoking - drinking alcohol - riding a bicycle - taking drugs of any kind - driving - being overweight You get the idea.

[@Adrianrainman]

Cumulatively she received less dosage than a quick flight in a plane.

[@geonerd]

LIFTR does sound interesting. Plenty of fuel. Very little threat of diverting weapons grade material. High burn-up. High temp = high thermal -> electrical conversion efficiency. One issue: Do you allow waste products to accumulate in the salt, or do you process as you go, removing the CS, Co, and other nasty stuff? If so, you need to run a small, but very hot lab at each facility. If not, any spilled/leaked fuel will be dangerous if is manages to escape the building (bomb, airplane impact,etc.)

[@rendermatt]

Are you SURE its radioactive? Why don't you measure it just one more time

[@ScreamingElectron]

your process of finding the particle has gotten much faster! :P

[@kuli1111]

Everything is dead near this particle.

[@ScreamingElectron]

next, you should work on your sneak skill and get into the reactor :) I think you need like 100 lead skin level to get in without instantly dying though

[@mikesnitro]

You ARE crazy, yet very bright and interesting. :-) Those small fuel particles must be scattered around that area by the millions, thus the high background readings. You should come up with a ground level unit, on wheels, so you can scan a large area. The highest concentrations are obviously in the soil.

[@johnsheppard1476]

In swamps mostly.

[@cocnntnc]

time to think yourself a good super heroine name

[@geoninja8971]

Gloves? Maybe a little trowel or spade?

[@DanielGannage]

your immune system will fight off the mutated cells (neoplasia), mr. assumption..

[@ThyAnon]

you've just reveived more Millisieverts than a CT scan, good job

[@Kamis47]

+10/10 memes it;s not a full body dose. Its only one small point of radiation

[@ThyAnon]

+Kamis47 >no gloves

[@ThyAnon]

yes of course, but they werent useless

[@TheSonic1685]

Yep not even enough to give her a sun burn.

[@hjembrentkent6181]

Inverse square law dumbass

[@sorsorscience0787]

I am going to save up for my first Geiger counter and I'm going to get a gamma scout which gamma scout do you like best because I've seen like rechargeable, online, alert, standard, etc. please respond and thanks for your help

[@ThyAnon]

Jeff and team the Sei Inspector EXP+ is really good too

[@sorsorscience0787]

Anthony6essful thanks for the idea I will research that one too

[@sorsorscience0787]

***** what is the second priceworth gamma scout (im 12 i cant understand) words like that lol

[@sorsorscience0787]

***** I want the one that beeps lol i think its alert

[@sorsorscience0787]

***** Thanks ill check those oouyt

[@jpmorgan187]

that falls into the latter category

[@ixtahuatl]

I like your videos, but please us at least some tweezers and personal protective equipment when handling active sources!! Ever calculated your skin dose on contact with that particle?

[@bionerd23]

yes, i did, please look below, i already answered that thoroughly in response to another comment. just CTRL+F for "skin" in the "all comments" list.

[@hijinx0r]

what does it taste like?

[@-INK-]

High radiation (borderline fatal dose) apparently tastes very metallic

[@colchronic]

Probably like metal, followed by death

[@johnsheppard1476]

@Conneries QC it doesn't!Because caesium is obviously in form of a compound or present in an intermetallide with cobalt-60 and bunch of various non-radioactive junk!Yet in pure form caesium-137 chloride tastes like salt and hydroxide tastes almost like sodium hydroxide-bitter and soapy.

[@LCdrDerrick]

Oh look! I found a solid piece of cobalt 60 big as a pebble stone, and it is glowing. Happy Happy Joy! Lets put it under my pillow tonight. ;) Some say that the effects of radiation, even of weak radiation cummulate and there is no habituation effect. But one brave lady is trying out to prove the opposite. The pieces are getting bigger and hotter. In an interview Bionerd23 confirmed that she reached critical mass serveral times in her backpack, because of collecting to much fuel in the same bin at the same time. As it happened the first time, she got really sick she remembers and smiles. But meanwhile, she tells our dumbfounded journalist, she only gets the runs in such an event and thats it. To become a professional bionerd one has to train very hard and every day, no sport for milksops she says. In her early carrer she was trained by one of the best, if not the best trainers in this olympic sport, Anatoli Stepanowitsch Djatlow. This year she trains for the Anatoli-Bugorski-Contest. It is the hardest tournament in the sport of Bionerding, which is carried out every year in November at Lake Karachay in Majak. The athletes expose themselves to high doses of radiation. The athlete who avoids vomiting or bleeding longest wins the trophy.

[@xsnut1]

i had my fair share....no thankyou......omg i can't believe it....

[@janronschke7525]

bloody shit i just crapped myselv -i guess that means im out of the competition^^

[@CoinsAndCapsaicin]

How many hundreds of thousands of these hot particles do you think are spread out far and wide beyond the "hot zones"?

[@Darkness251]

hard to say. I think the explosion was not strong enough to throw big particles like these very far, uranium is heavy and will shink rather quick back to the ground

[@altradude]

I don't feel so bad about getting to many xrays at the hospital now.

[@662dodz]

why are you holding it in your hand will it not do damage to you

[@LtShifty]

Not that dangerous unless you ingested it. This is how the majority of radiation related illnesses occur, direct radiation exposure deaths are quite rare. The last cases where probably the Bio Robots.

[@damonlandsdown]

its so interesting how something so small is so dangerous.

[@sandrojohnson2004]

For short periods of time. Not even close to dangerous. Just don't eat lol

[@maurizio700]

How can you hold that thing in your hand that radiates 17mS/h, that's a huge dose rate indeed.

[@pcriged]

Point radiation, every time the distance is doubled the radiation quarters. She demonstrated this by giving us a reading at an arms length that was is the low uSv range. I have a Geiger test source that produces a reading of 50uSv at 1mm but is mostly undetectable at 1 meter. That being said I don't think I ever really want anything around that runs in the multiple mSv range. My fear would be dust and accidental inhalation.

[@jpmorgan187]

I was leaning towards the side of you being very knowledgeable given all those radiation meters :)

[@mattymatt2323]

I thought u were connecting to dial-up internet with that thing

[@alexburnside7838]

I wish the gamma scout had that alarm that you hear in the background at the beginning lol

[@roentgen226]

That Is Fucking Amazing!

[@Californium251]

Nice videos, I enjoyed them much! I hope I can manage a visit to the zone, before the new sarcophargus will be finished. I'm handling strong radioactive sources at work, and always try not to touch radioactive material with my bare hands. Maybe I'am to anxious ;)

[@vladimirstrunga37]

Of course, it is very stupid idea to dig in there with bare hands. However, some of the "experts" are stupid enough to do so.

[@guitarbeast777]

Flee from there! Silly goose.