Russian Soldier Picks Up Cobalt-60

Russian Blunders in Chernobyl: ‘They Came and Did Whatever They Wanted’ Tank treads ripped up the toxic soil, bulldozers carved trenches and bunkers, and soldiers spent months camping and — and dug into — a radioactive forest. In a particularly ill-advised action, a Russian soldier from a chemical, biological and nuclear protection unit picked up a source of cobalt-60 at one waste storage site with his bare hands, exposing himself to so much radiation in a few seconds that it went off the scales of a Geiger counter, Mr. Simyonov said. It was not clear what happened to the man, he said. a Russian soldier picked up a source of cobalt-60 at one waste storage site with his bare hands It was not clear what happened to the man

A cartoonish soldier in protective gear stands in a radioactive forest while newspaper clippings describe Russian soldiers mishandling dangerous material at Chernobyl. The joke comes from the absurdly reckless claim that a soldier picked up cobalt-60 with his bare hands and was exposed to so much radiation that the outcome was unknown. It is used as a dark, absurd reaction to reckless behavior or catastrophic incompetence. EN: A cartoonish soldier in protective gear stands in a radioactive forest while newspaper clippings describe Russian soldiers mishandling dangerous material at Chernobyl. The joke comes from the absurdly reckless claim that a soldier picked up cobalt-60 with his bare hands and was exposed to so much radiation that the outcome was unknown. It is used as a dark, absurd reaction to reckless behavior or catastrophic incompetence.

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