re: #14 Hecuba’s daughter

If the Russians had told the truth, would we have had any equipment that could have been used? Or were humans the only option for clearing the roof? And did the NSA or any of our other intelligence agencies know how serious the accident actually was and the danger it posed?

Most likely no. And the US basically did the same routine when recovering two out of three bodies out of the SL-1 building, men were given 60 seconds each to do their task. That’s what “Time, Distance, Mass” boils down to in extreme circumstances.

What 10 Sv (10,000 rtg) does to electronics:

10 Sievert per Hour Radiation - tested with the RadioactivityCounter App at the Buchler device