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The disturbing thing about the Juarez contamination is that one old radiotherapy machine was able to meaningfully contaminate 6,000 tons of rebar.
by tshaddox 2y ago
The disturbing thing about the Juarez contamination is that one old radiotherapy machine was able to meaningfully contaminate 6,000 tons of rebar.
- mschuster91 2y agoYeah, and that's why scrap yards in Germany are required by our OSHA equivalent [1] to scan all incoming and outgoing scrap for radiation and that all workers be regularly trained on how to properly deal with contamination. In 2009, these checks led to the discovery of at least 150 tons of contaminated metal across the country, the source here were Indian steel plants who melted down cobalt-60 sources together with regular scrap [2]. [1] https://www.bghm.de/fileadmin/user_upload/Arbeitsschuetzer/Gesetze_Vorschriften/Informationen/209-029.pdf https://www.bghm.de/fileadmin/user_upload/Arbeitsschuetzer/G... [2] https://www.spiegel.de/politik/deutschland/giftmuell-import-strahlenschrott-wurde-ueber-ganz-deutschland-verteilt-a-607937.html https://www.spiegel.de/politik/deutschland/giftmuell-import-...