I read 'Nuclear Batteries' and the first thing I think about is the "Lia Radological accident", where three men were exposed and one died.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lia_radiological_accident

This incident happened in the country of Georgia, which was part of the Sovjet Union. Which probably already hints towards the root-cause of this incident (they lost track of the devices).

Also: Just because you can, doesn't mean you should.

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zparky 2 days ago | parent | next [-]

oh man i read that medical report [1] a while ago. nightmare fuel, with nightmare pictures included.

https://www-pub.iaea.org/MTCD/Publications/PDF/Pub1660web-81...

	▲	StrangeDoctor 2 days ago \| parent \| next [-]
		There’s something especially bad about radiological burns. Not necessarily knowing severe damage is being done, we don’t have a feedback loop to even know we should get away. And beyond the metaphysical and psychological aspects for me, they just look wrong.
	▲	rossant 2 days ago \| parent \| prev [-]
		Oh wow. What a read. Thank you.

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Bayart 2 days ago | parent | prev [-]

The Wikipedia article links to the IAEA recovery video where you can more or less see everything : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BE5T0GkoKG8