Recently there was in Australia the loss of a small metal capsule of barely a cubic centimeter. But this wasn’t the first time a capsule of this type of metal had been lost.

Possible the Ukrainian city of Kramatorsk It has gained popularity in recent months due to its location close to the front that opened the Russian invasion of the country. Located in one of the Ukrainian regions claimed by Russia, the city witnessed the consequences that the loss of a small capsule of Cesium-137 can bring: the radiological incident in Kramatorsk.

The capsule was lost in 1970, but its effects were felt from 1980 to 1989. The exact number of people who died as a result of this accident is not known. 1980 due to high radiation levels.

The capsule belonged to a level calibration instrument that operated through emissions of radioactive cesium. The capsule was lost in a quarry in Karansk, Donetsk region. ANDThis object would be much more powerful than the one lost in Australiawith emissions that could have reached 50 gigabecquerels.

The effects of the capsule were noticed in 1980, in the city of Kramatorsk. 1981, an 18-year-old girl died in the apartment due to leukemia. It wasn’t strange, though a year later, his 16-year-old brother and his mother died of the same cause. Doctors assumed a hereditary predisposition.

It was pass a second family moved to the apartment it was discovered what had happened. 1987, a young man who lived in the same place also died of leukemia. His younger brother was also hospitalized for the same reason. The family requested a thorough assessment of the location and it was determined that one strong radiation.

That has been observed the capsule was located between the walls of the apartment. The object emitted radiation equivalent to 1,800 x-rays/year.