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Re:French institute suspects nuclear accident in Russia or K... by jacquesm on Friday November 10, 2017 @09:12AM (#15669956)
GGP spoke about general levels, not specific elements, and yes, you are 100% right, a Geiger counter is a pretty blunt instrument.
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Re:French institute suspects nuclear accident in Russia or K... by officemonkey on Friday November 10, 2017 @02:45PM (#15672373)
Even after Chernobyl and Fukushima, outside of the impacted area, there really wasn't any detectable increase in background.

You're much more likely to get an increase in background going into your basement (because of Radon daughters) than from an nuclear release halfway around the planet.

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