Posted on Mar 12, 2023
Device with sealed radioactive material missing in Texas
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"A device containing radioactive material is missing in the Houston area, and authorities said Saturday they want to find it before someone is harmed."
Device with sealed radioactive material missing in Texas
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LTC Eugene Chu
..."The health services department in the past described a similar device as safe if undisturbed. "The entire camera is stored in a locked half-inch-thick steel overpack box with radiation markings. Levels of radiation outside the camera, itself, are not dangerous," it said in 2020.
In spring that year, a radiographic camera was found intact in the community of Stonewall after it washed away in flood waters on board a contractor's pickup, health services officials said at the time, according to NBC affiliate KXAN of San Antonio.
Health experts believed no radiation had been released.
In February, a small, highly radioactive capsule that fell off a truck in the Australian outback was found at the side of a road after authorities scanned an area almost the size of California."
..."The health services department in the past described a similar device as safe if undisturbed. "The entire camera is stored in a locked half-inch-thick steel overpack box with radiation markings. Levels of radiation outside the camera, itself, are not dangerous," it said in 2020.
In spring that year, a radiographic camera was found intact in the community of Stonewall after it washed away in flood waters on board a contractor's pickup, health services officials said at the time, according to NBC affiliate KXAN of San Antonio.
Health experts believed no radiation had been released.
In February, a small, highly radioactive capsule that fell off a truck in the Australian outback was found at the side of a road after authorities scanned an area almost the size of California."
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