Talk:Kramatorsk radiological accident

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I've read all the sources for this article and can't find anything that says 17 people were injured. Catavar (talk) 18:00, 30 June 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Source 2 (Radiation: Fundamentals, Applications, Risks, and Safety), 42.7 Some Other Events, last sentence of the second paragraph. -- DevSolar2 (talk) 13:11, 29 September 2021 (UTC)[reply]

This article is entirely unclear as to the amount of radiation that caused the deaths of the residents in the apartment. "A small capsule containing CS-137... with a surface gamma radiation exposure dose rate of 1800 R/year" could mean anything. Making lots of assumptions (1800 R/year = 2 mSv/hour in soft tissue; the "surface" was NOT the surface of the capsule or the surface of the wall, but the surface of the child's body lying in bed 8 hours a day a few feet from the wall) making these assumptions, I get a daily exposure of 16 mSv. Comparing this to other radiological accidents, 20 mSv per day is the level where gamma rays start to cause problems. The level in this apartment must have been much higher. Maybe someone can find the activity of the capsule (MBq) then we can calculate the likely dose to the victims. David MacQuigg 10:42, 9 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]