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Posted by Andy Dingley on April 12, 2008, 5:44 pm
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> I should say they were still used in the US. The Soviets pretty much
> never used them which is why the lost as many people a they did
> at Chernobyl. $10.00 each, dirt simple technology to save a life.
They wouldn't work for Chernobyl anyway. They're OK for direct
radiation, almost no use for alpha-emitting dust, which is what the
practical hazard was after Chernobyl (for anyone outside the "You're
screwed anyway, Comrade Hero" range).
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> never used them which is why the lost as many people a they did
> at Chernobyl. $10.00 each, dirt simple technology to save a life.