[abritinthebay]

> sorry for hurting your radio- and russo-fobias.

That's a mighty big chip you have on your shoulder there. Sorry to disappoint your ego but I was curious as to your objections. They're... not very good.

The inverse square law one is the worst - you make tons of assumptions about the building and then screw up the basic science. A few inches of lead is enough to block gamma rays -- which is why you wear a lead apron when you get x-rays -- but at least 3 meters of concrete are needed to stop them.

Assuming a standard brick or breeze block building and normal computer metal case plus a meter or two of separation (common at railways in Europe at least, when stuff is going by slowly) that wouldn't stop much gamma radiation at all.

Other than "it's a semi-anonymous story" you really don't have much in the way of objection here.