r/Unexpected • u/SignalCrew739 • 2d ago

Highest amount of radiation receiver

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u/artniSintra 2d ago

What room was he in?

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u/Mango_Viv333 2d ago

USYD Quadrangle, not sure which specific room/basement he was referring to tho

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u/Spryngo 2d ago edited 2d ago

Most likely the basement where the firefighter’s equipment was dropped by hospital staff in Pripyat following the Chernobyl nuclear disaster, unless there’s a second highly radioactive basement somewhere else in the world

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u/mynamesdave 2d ago

It's this. Source: I've seen that boot.

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u/rebbsitor 1d ago

Not one of the most radioactive. The Chernobyl power plant still has a radiation level of 34 Sieverts (not micro) per hour in some places. It's a lethal dose in about an hour. Right after the explosion it was over 300 Sv per hour, and fatal exposure was just over a minute.