In actual fact you have to be extremely carful around any thing formerly U.S.S.R. Military.patnor1011 said:jason_recliner said:Your friend should entertain the idea of first acquiring a Geiger counter.
Not really necessary. There were a lot of soviet army detachments over there only tiny minority housed nuclear material. They which does are known and still not accessible anyway, rest is where money are buried.
You may be right, But I was not aware that they used urban legends to base briefing's on at R.A.F. Holton.Todor said:Hello Justin,
Most of this claims are just urban myths in my opinion. Most of the soviet electronics wich contains precious metals is radio and measure equipment. I know guys, doing this for 26 years(professionals) and i never heard for radioative material or something like that.
It may be true but without a check it is all guesswork. Personally that's not something on which I would wish to stake my health. Or since I haven't have kids yet, my genes. :mrgreen:patnor1011 said:jason_recliner said:Your friend should entertain the idea of first acquiring a Geiger counter.
Not really necessary. There were a lot of soviet army detachments over there only tiny minority housed nuclear material. They which does are known and still not accessible anyway, rest is where money are buried.
Smack said:Being former Military, I would have to agree, knowing how a Military operates and having seen with my own eyes the stuff they pull off. Every aspect of our society involves people, even the Military and knowing people are inherently lazy gives me the knowledge needed to assume bad things have been done by people of poor moral character so I advise on taking safety for one's health over greed. I've seen people bury things that have no business in the ground.
I can remember a case from the 90's.Smack said:Being former Military, I would have to agree, knowing how a Military operates and having seen with my own eyes the stuff they pull off. Every aspect of our society involves people, even the Military and knowing people are inherently lazy gives me the knowledge needed to assume bad things have been done by people of poor moral character so I advise on taking safety for one's health over greed. I've seen people bury things that have no business in the ground.
Believe what you will, I had friends from Tajikistan and Turkestan who thought the Soviet Military dumpsites rarely contain radioactive isotopes because of things they read in official reports from that era. Notice the past tense?Not really necessary. There were a lot of soviet army detachments over there only tiny minority housed nuclear material. They which does are known and still not accessible anyway, rest is where money are buried.
Not to mention other highly toxic materials from cleaning weapons, CBW agents, and more.Believe what you will, I had friends from Tajikistan and Turkestan who thought the Soviet Military dumpsites rarely contain radioactive isotopes because of things they read in official reports from that era. Notice the past tense?
I was talking about soviet era military dumps located in countries outside soviet union. Like in Czechoslovakia where we had Soviet military bases yet they used to behave a little better compared to what was allowed and whet they did back home. Also our army used Soviet made equipment.Believe what you will, I had friends from Tajikistan and Turkestan who thought the Soviet Military dumpsites rarely contain radioactive isotopes because of things they read in official reports from that era. Notice the past tense?
Radioactive material is rarely found here (former Soviet country), but it is 100% legit that it exists. Most of the times, material you recieve (boards, components etc.) are well known. If something new appear, looks weird or you just have a bad feeling about it arising from strange construction, absurd use of materials for some "containement" etc... Then you pull the Geiger outI was talking about soviet era military dumps located in countries outside soviet union. Like in Czechoslovakia where we had Soviet military bases yet they used to behave a little better compared to what was allowed and whet they did back home. Also our army used Soviet made equipment.
I have a radioactive rabbit statue... here it is:Radioactive material is rarely found here (former Soviet country), but it is 100% legit that it exists. Most of the times, material you recieve (boards, components etc.) are well known. If something new appear, looks weird or you just have a bad feeling about it arising from strange construction, absurd use of materials for some "containement" etc... Then you pull the Geiger out
I have done it several times for my own safety, but I never encountered anything radioactive. Luckily.
I have a radioactive rabbit statue... here it is:
A little time spent on reasonable precautions means a longer time above ground. Batteries and some switches, esp relays were mainly the offending items, and older radium treated dial faces from clocks, meters, etc.. There were also dumped shells with 'expended' Uranium tips. Lengthy exposure to even low levels poses a significant risk, or perhaps I misheard in all the Radiation Biology and physics classes I studied.Radioactive material is rarely found here (former Soviet country), but it is 100% legit that it exists. Most of the times, material you recieve (boards, components etc.) are well known. If something new appear, looks weird or you just have a bad feeling about it arising from strange construction, absurd use of materials for some "containement" etc... Then you pull the Geiger out
I have done it several times for my own safety, but I never encountered anything radioactive. Luckily.
Depends on the emission. Alpha can be stopped by a single sheet of paper. It's just a helium nucleus that needs to grab two electrons to become stable helium. In fact, alpha-decay is where ALL the helium on Earth comes from.A little time spent on reasonable precautions means a longer time above ground. Batteries and some switches, esp relays were mainly the offending items, and older radium treated dial faces from clocks, meters, etc.. There were also dumped shells with 'expended' Uranium tips. Lengthy exposure to even low levels poses a significant risk, or perhaps I misheard in all the Radiation Biology and physics classes I studied.
Your able to get these old Soviet material?From me, Lou! (from Romania!) What do you want? (russian/soviet/ussr) Pt alloy relays, Au alloy, pure Au or pure Ag? For collection, or...?!
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