re: #17 Teukka

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:

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The SL-1 accident was in 1961. Chernobyl was 1986. During the intervening quarter century, we must have developed more sophisticated equipment to operate in these circumstances, but perhaps the level in Chernobyl was too high given our current level of technology.