Leviathan (not) rising

Amongst all the uncertainties of modern life, there is something comforting about the knowledge of t1⁄2. The half-life period of any radionuclide is 100 percent knowable yet no one can predict what particle will decay at any given time. There is a metaphor here, no one predicted the decay of the USSR and it seems like a morbid grave stone – a memorial, this long lasting reminder of its demise that is the K-278 Komsomolets.

https://www.nbcnews.com/news/world/soviet-nuclear-sub-sank-norway-1989-still-emitting-radiation-n1028181?cid=sm_npd_nn_tw_ma

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https://www.ina.fr/video/AFE86000882/le-lancement-du-redoutable-premier-sous-marin-atomique-francais-video.html