AP: Mexico official: Stolen cobalt-60 found; says no risk so far to surrounding population
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Source: Associated Press
@AP: BREAKING: Mexico official: Stolen cobalt-60 found; says no risk so far to surrounding population.
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@AP: BREAKING: Mexican nuclear official say stolen container of radioactive material found empty.
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PoliticAverse
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Xipe Totec
(43,890 posts)I nominate him for the Darwin Award.
Jessy169
(602 posts)Which is the big concern -- that this radioactive material was taken as part of a sophisticated plan that involves using it at some point in the future to inflict death and mayhem.
If we're lucky, we'll find a radio active "cooked" truck thief laying along the side of the road in the near future, still holding the radioactive material -- in which case, a Darwin Award would be very well deserved.
Xipe Totec
(43,890 posts)These are not sophisticated terrorists. These are petty thieves who have no idea what they just did to themselves.
Jessy169
(602 posts)Ellipsis
(9,124 posts)it probably did.
Xipe Totec
(43,890 posts)With a warning to the public and an appeal for information.
Didn't need a tracking device to find the truck.
backscatter712
(26,355 posts)That qualifies for the Darwin Award!