Comment by WorldPeas

3 months ago

> Worse than nukes race, which at least did not affect common man At least not visibly, we were deprived of a clean source of surgical steel and many in the areas were uncompensated for sicknesses they experienced as a result of testing

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Dylan16807  3 months ago

Why would it matter for surgical steel?

I can find vague mentions of "medical" uses for low background steel, and one specific claim that it's used to shield some rooms or large devices for measuring how much radiation is coming off a person's body. That's pretty niche.

  • WorldPeas  3 months ago

    Looking into this point further, I'll agree. I shouldn't have acted on an anecdote without verifying first. The other fact though is one that I'm certain of.

solarwinds  3 months ago

Yeah, another hot take from some guy who has no clue what he's talking about.

To this day Kazakhstan pays out monthly monetary compensations to people whose health was negatively affected by the nuclear tests on the Semipalatinsk nuclear polygon. Several people I know personally receive these compensations.

https://egov.kz/cms/en/news/nuclear_tests

https://egov.kz/cms/en/services/family_support/pass035_mtszn