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Tar_Alcaran@sh.itjust.works
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Excuse me, KILOcurie source?

Remember when last year Australia panicked because a source fell off a truck? That was a 0.3 Curie source.

I wouldn’t exactly say “any technician” can operate this with “minimal instruction”.

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assassinatedbyCIA@lemmy.world
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This is the same company that created radiation therapy machines that kill you. I don’t think they thought too deeply about safety.

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Silic0n_Alph4@lemmy.world
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You’re right, they made the Therac-25! What an odd and terrifying link.

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SkybreakerEngineer@lemmy.world
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According to Wikipedia, 1 gram of Co-60 is 1.1k curies. That said, 1 gram of Co-60 is a LOT

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ryannathans@aussie.zone
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Is this the prototype to the gammamax 2063 v2.0 platinum edition?

For the uninitiated: https://youtu.be/Gs30P0oQb7M

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kbin_space_program@kbin.run
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It was a long running and apparently well used research device. It was discontinued in 2008.

Heres a pdf of the 1968 instruction manual. https://www.nrc.gov/docs/ML0216/ML021630449.pdf

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ryannathans@aussie.zone
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Very cool

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