Gammacell 220

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• Tar_alcaran@sh.itjust.works ⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Excuse me, KILOcurie source?

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

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  • assassinatedbyCIA@lemmy.world ⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    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 ⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

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

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  • SkybreakerEngineer@lemmy.world ⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    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 ⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Is this the prototype to the gammamax 2063 v2.0 platinum edition?

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  • kbin_space_program@kbin.run ⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    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 ⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      Very cool

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• The_Che_Banana@beehaw.org ⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

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