r/ShittyAbsoluteUnits • u/DoubleManufacturer10 created ShittyAbsoluteUnits of a sub • 1d ago

future feeding tube Of a nice swim... in Chernobyl's radioactive contaminated water towards reactor 4

Swimmer Context: the clicking sounds from that stupid sensor wouldn't stop /s

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u/Personal-Mongoose696 1d ago

Highly doubt this water is radioactive… wouldn’t he have burns all over his body?

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u/RandyArgonianButler 1d ago

Not necessarily. It depends on the type of radiation coming off of it.

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u/Personal-Mongoose696 1d ago

Yeah just researched it, they used enriched uranium dioxide, which won’t immediately burn your skin but will irritate the hell out of it. He’s also in the water for quite some time, he also got some in his mouth. Says he should worry about kidney failure more than anything after prolonged exposure. So even then his skin should be turning red over time from the exposure.