supersquirrel@sopuli.xyz to Global News@lemmy.zipEnglish · 7 days agoUkraine finds uranium in six more Russian drones. Their radiation readings ran up to 80 times backgroundeuromaidanpress.comexternal-linkmessage-square35linkfedilinkarrow-up1241arrow-down111
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minus-squarestoy@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up10·edit-26 days agoDU is far less radioactive than natural uranium. EDIT: According to the article, the uranium found gives off between 8 to 24 microsieverts (µSv) per hour. Let’s take some real world examples and compare: A transatlantic flight typically exposes you to 0.08 millisieverts (mSv), or 80 µSv. Source: https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/ionising-radiation-dose-comparisons/ionising-radiation-dose-comparisons This means that you would need to stay next to the piece of Uranium for 3,5 - 10 hours to get the same dose as one transatlantic flight. Is it bad? Sure! Is it a crisis? Nah.
DU is far less radioactive than natural uranium.
EDIT:
According to the article, the uranium found gives off between 8 to 24 microsieverts (µSv) per hour.
Let’s take some real world examples and compare:
A transatlantic flight typically exposes you to 0.08 millisieverts (mSv), or 80 µSv.
Source: https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/ionising-radiation-dose-comparisons/ionising-radiation-dose-comparisons
This means that you would need to stay next to the piece of Uranium for 3,5 - 10 hours to get the same dose as one transatlantic flight.
Is it bad? Sure! Is it a crisis? Nah.