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[–] ryannathans@aussie.zone 3 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Would love to know how many sieverts per hour, though given it was cocaine I assume it was almost entirely beta radiation from light elements?

[–] alzymologist@sopuli.xyz 3 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Not your regular beta, it's PET - so it's positrons that didn't live too long.

[–] ryannathans@aussie.zone 4 points 1 week ago

If that's the case it's probably the annihilation gamma at 511 kev which is justifiably scary