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[–] HootinNHollerin@quokk.au 13 points 23 hours ago* (last edited 8 hours ago) (2 children)

That doesn’t look like it. But very cool! TIL

It was this I think Fiestaware. After reading about its doses that sounds right. I remember now the meter was 11 mR/hr which on the dosimeter was no longer clicking but pretty solid on.

[–] AmidFuror@fedia.io 7 points 22 hours ago (1 children)

11 mR/hr? Not great, not terrible.

[–] HootinNHollerin@quokk.au 2 points 12 hours ago* (last edited 9 hours ago) (1 children)

Thanks for feedback for a sense of severity. If I understand correctly, dosimeter have different time constants and I think this one was pretty cheap/slow, meaning the actual level is higher. The instructions said you have to hold it there for a minute for the reading to be accurate. We didn’t do but 10-15 seconds to get the 11 as I didn’t wanna be around it anymore

[–] AmidFuror@fedia.io 4 points 11 hours ago (1 children)

It was a quote from the TV miniseries Chernobyl. The reading was the highest the dosimeter could measure, so the actual value could have been (and was) much higher. They also underestimated the impact if that reading had been accurate.

[–] HootinNHollerin@quokk.au 1 points 9 hours ago* (last edited 9 hours ago)