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Mexican Truck Carrying "Extremely Dangerous" Cobalt-60 Stolen
- cnvogel 13y agoA photograph of how this type of equipment looks can be found on pages 28..39 of this IAEA publication: http://www-pub.iaea.org/MTCD/publications/PDF/Pub1278_web.pdf http://www-pub.iaea.org/MTCD/publications/PDF/Pub1278_web.pd... Fig. 10 & 11 show the devices used for radiation treatment of (almost always) tumors. Fig.12 is the (ancient, green) therapy device with an apparatus (white) to exchange the radioactive source coupled beneath. Figs 14 & 15 is how the "heads" look like after being scrapped. (Page 34, Fig 20 & 21 show another type of this kind of treatment devices.) Story about a similar device being stolen (and unprofessionally dismantled) in 1987: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Goi%C3%A2nia_accident http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Goi%C3%A2nia_accident (Wiki) http://www-pub.iaea.org/MTCD/publications/PDF/Pub815_web.pdf http://www-pub.iaea.org/MTCD/publications/PDF/Pub815_web.pdf (IAEA Report)
- cnvogel 13y agoUpdate: the radioactive source has been found. http://m.washingtonpost.com/world/the_americas/stolen-cobalt-60-found-abandoned/2013/12/04/7d3fe3f8-5d42-11e3-8d24-31c016b976b2_story.html http://m.washingtonpost.com/world/the_americas/stolen-cobalt...