Three Brothers Stole Scrap. It Was Cesium-137.
Kyle Hill
Oct 11, 2026 13:00
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In October 1994, three brothers broke into the Tammiku radioactive waste repository in Estonia looking for scrap metal. One unknowingly put a highly radioactive cesium-137 source in his jacket pocket. Twelve days later, he was dead. This [HALF-LIFE HISTORY] explores the Tammiku radiation accident, how an orphan radioactive source exposed an entire family and the devastating effects of acute radiation exposure.
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IAEA REPORT: https://www-pub.iaea.org/MTCD/Publications/PDF/Pub1053_web.pdf
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