Contamination happened because fallout made it into river water, ~1000 mi away, that was used in a paper mill that made the film packaging.
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Kodak X-ray film contaminated by fallout particles from the Trinity test, 1945. "Please deliver to Gen. Groves ... Show to Dr Opp."pic.twitter.com/JIhscvcm1o
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Here's a look at the extraordinary measures the AEC took six years later to address Kodak's concerns:https://twitter.com/AtomicAnalyst/status/903734336196890624 …
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This 2016 article does a good job fleshing out the story:http://www.popularmechanics.com/science/energy/a21382/how-kodak-accidentally-discovered-radioactive-fallout/?mag=pop&list=nl_pnl_news&src=nl&date=062016 …
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In book on baneberry the author mentions working for a mine trying to do some prospecting for uranium, long overnight trip, gear was fine...
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Next morning the whole Idaho countryside was hot, other prospector does a head slap and says dang it there must have been a test this morn
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More miffed at the wasted trip than the fallout everywhere ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
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