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Two DOE security experts left plutonium & radioactive cesium in their rental car at a hotel in a high-crime neighborhood. Someone stole it.
July 17, 2018, 12:31 PM
PASigTwo DOE security experts left plutonium & radioactive cesium in their rental car at a hotel in a high-crime neighborhood. Someone stole it.
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Originally posted by 1967Goat:
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But when they stopped at a Marriott hotel just off Highway 410, in a high-crime neighborhood filled with temp agencies and ranch homes...
I never knew ranch style homes were a sign you were in the ghetto.
Maybe they meant trailer park homes.
July 17, 2018, 12:31 PM
Doc H.Not sure what type of equipment they had, but here's an example of a calibration sample that is of the type generally exempt from NRC licensing:
While they were clearly irresponsible in handling the material, I'm not preparing to head for the bunker yet.
"And gentlemen in England now abed, shall think themselves accursed they were not here, and hold their manhoods cheap whiles any speaks that fought with us upon Saint Crispin's Day" July 17, 2018, 12:34 PM
LS1 GTOWell if someone would check the surrounding security videos for a DeLorean, there may be a clue found though the car won't be too far away, like three or four years one way or the other.
Life moves pretty fast. If you don't stop and look around once in a while, you could miss it.
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The definition of the words we used, carry a meaning of their own...
July 17, 2018, 01:05 PM
220-9erThere have been a number of vehicle thefts with dangerous radioactive material inside in third world countries.
Some children were hurt or killed from one in South America years ago but so far no terrorist related stuff.
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July 17, 2018, 01:16 PM
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Originally posted by 1967Goat:
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But when they stopped at a Marriott hotel just off Highway 410, in a high-crime neighborhood filled with temp agencies and ranch homes...
I never knew ranch style homes were a sign you were in the ghetto.
It is when you are a high paid Government Security Expert.
“Government exists to protect us from each other. Where government has gone beyond its limits is in deciding to protect us from ourselves.”
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July 17, 2018, 01:30 PM
nhtagmemberquote:
Originally posted by Elk Hunter:
That whole situation reminds me of a Saturday night live comedy skit.
a few decades ago, SNL was actually funny, and this would have been as well
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July 17, 2018, 04:50 PM
FredwardThe thieves ought to be easy enough to find in the dark, though.
July 17, 2018, 05:24 PM
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Two security experts
Yep
Well to be fair, nuclear instruments are generally forbidden to be kept in hotel rooms, at least that is how construction nuclear soil density meters are treated. My guess is these calibration samples are like when some national guardsman misplaces a case of 5.56 ammo, are they accountable? Yes. Is it the end of the world? Probably not. Remember that nuclear materials are used in all sorts of industries, such as what powers our night sights. I would hope that if they found some real stuff it would be transported properly but then again you never know.