Let’s start answering this question by first imagining any container. It could be a box, a barrel, a container, or perhaps even a casting mold.
200 L waste container in fallow land (AI generated).
For those who want to know a bit more: we consider containers with dimensions from a few tens of centimeters up to about 1.5 meters. What type of container it is does not matter at first.
Now let’s imagine we've received a tip-off or perhaps just a suspicion that the container may contain radioactive material.
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What we are doing here is a thought experiment. We are imagining a real but non-existent situation and exploring in our minds what consequences might follow (see also: https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gedankenexperiment).
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