Meanwhile next door......

[Agloco]

Mexico reports theft of truck with radioactive material



A truck carrying a dangerous radioactive source used in medical treatment has been stolen in Mexico, the International Atomic Energy Agency said Wednesday.

Mexican authorities told the IAEA that the truck, which was transporting the cobalt-60 teletherapy source from a hospital in Tijuana to a radioactive waste storage center, was stolen Monday in Tepojaco, near Mexico City.

"At the time the truck was stolen, the source was properly shielded," the IAEA said. "However, the source could be extremely dangerous to a person if removed from the shielding, or if it was damaged."

http://www.cnn.com/2013/12/04/world/americas/mexico-radioactive-theft/index.html?hpt=hp_t2

[boutons_deux]

reminds me of a story a few years ago where MX radioactive medical waste was dumped with other scrap metal, then made into all kinds of metal furniture.

[Agloco]

reminds me of a story a few years ago where MX radioactive medical waste was dumped with other scrap metal, then made into all kinds of metal furniture.

:tu

Fortunately:

http://www.cnn.com/2013/12/04/world/americas/mexico-radioactive-theft/index.html?hpt=hp_t1


A pair of thieves in Mexico may have stolen more than they bargained for when they targeted a truck this week.

The stolen vehicle was carrying delicate cargo -- a radioactive element used for medical purposes that also can be used to make a so-called dirty bomb.

Mexican authorities said they'd found the stolen truck and at least some of the radioactive cobalt Wednesday in a remote area about 40 km (25 miles) away from where it was taken.

Unforch:


But officials aren't sure whether any of the cobalt is missing, said Juan Eibenschutz Hartman, head of Mexico's National Commission for Nuclear Security and Safeguards.

And the suspected thieves are still on the loose, he said, though authorities expect they could turn up at a clinic suffering symptoms of radiation exposure.

The container holding cobalt was found about a kilometer away from the truck and had been opened, he said.

These fools were likely exposed to a 6000 Ci load. Poor bastards.

[m>s]

fucking be@ners

[mouse]

:

These fools were likely exposed to a 6000 Ci load. Poor bastards.


No different than a truck load of ......


http://s3.hubimg.com/u/5605714_f520.jpg

[The Reckoning]

update

http://www.cnn.com/2013/12/06/world/americas/mexico-radioactive-theft/

my impression is the thieves will end up face down in a ditch somewhere

[m>s]

You're going to die

[Wild Cobra]

These fools were likely exposed to a 6000 Ci load. Poor bastards.
Serves them right if you ask me.

My understanding is radiation poisoning is not a good way to die.

[RandomGuy]

:tu

Fortunately:

http://www.cnn.com/2013/12/04/world/americas/mexico-radioactive-theft/index.html?hpt=hp_t1



Unforch:



These fools were likely exposed to a 6000 Ci load. Poor bastards.

6000 ci? I assume that is lethal?

[RandomGuy]

Serves them right if you ask me.

My understanding is radiation poisoning is not a good way to die.

It is pretty effing painful, from what I have read.

[Wild Cobra]

It is pretty effing painful, from what I have read.

Fine with me.

I have no tolerance with thieves.

[Agloco]

6000 ci? I assume that is lethal?

Quite.