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There was another incident 25-odd years ago near where I grew up on the US/Mexico border. Radioactive steel (with cesium or cobalt, from medical equipment, IIRC
by aristus 15y ago
There was another incident 25-odd years ago near where I grew up on the US/Mexico border. Radioactive steel (with cesium or cobalt, from medical equipment, IIRC) was sold for scrap and turned into various things like restaurant tables. It was only discovered when a geiger counter was turned on by a bored geologist waiting for food.
- abbasmehdi 15y agoWow, anything written on the subject?
- aristus 15y agoSurprisingly it's hard to track down. The Wiki article linked abode has one or two mentions of a "Mexico incident", but that's it. Here are some others: http://www.nytimes.com/1984/05/01/science/nuclear-spill-at-juarez-looms-as-one-of-worst.html?pagewanted=all http://www.nytimes.com/1984/05/01/science/nuclear-spill-at-j...
- lgv 15y agoThere's this: http://www.window.state.tx.us/border/ch09/cobalto.html http://www.window.state.tx.us/border/ch09/cobalto.html