Radiation detection. Geiger counter detecting a source of Caesium-137 radiation. It is showing a reading of 500 counts per second. This radioactive isotope is extremely toxic to humans,even in minute amounts,and remains so for 300 years. Small amounts of caesium-137 have been released into the environment during the testing of nuclear weapons and by the Chernobyl disaster | |
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