If they just wanted to say there was a dirty bomb and blame it on Russia I wonder if it would be easier for them to fake it. Ukraine already has a top notch film crew that fakes events all the time. They could spread a lot of radioactive dust and call it a dirty bomb and have the actors run around fake coughing and fake collapsing like COVID-19.
They can. However it aeems that all radiation is essentially traceable. Each reactor has a slightly different 'fingerprint' of elements. For instance they can trace what radiation in the ocean comes from 50s bomb tests and which is from Fukushima say.
So faking it would reveal the source of the bomb too.
If they just wanted to say there was a dirty bomb and blame it on Russia I wonder if it would be easier for them to fake it. Ukraine already has a top notch film crew that fakes events all the time. They could spread a lot of radioactive dust and call it a dirty bomb and have the actors run around fake coughing and fake collapsing like COVID-19.
Just an idea your comment gave me.
They can. However it aeems that all radiation is essentially traceable. Each reactor has a slightly different 'fingerprint' of elements. For instance they can trace what radiation in the ocean comes from 50s bomb tests and which is from Fukushima say.
So faking it would reveal the source of the bomb too.
Excellent summary. That's something I didn't know. Thanks :)