Zeb Palmer (Syringa Admin)An industrial #Radioactive Source of Caesium-137 is missing in #Australia.
It's smaller than a penny and fell off a truck somewhere along a road roughly the distance from LA to Denver.
#OrphanSource ☢️
YowieNah, reckon it was stolen. A screw may come loose by itself on a long bumpy ride, but _ALL_ the screws and a mounting bolt missing, and the gauge in bits? nah, that theft, not a careless accident.
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IdahoLark@zebpalmer Crikey. How do you just drop that off a truck? Another example of sloppy practices by an industry that keeps saying "Just trust us."
Michael Smith@IdahoLark Wondering why something like that isn't in a sturdy lead lined case. It's a gamma and beta emitter according to other sources I've read. Seems more than a little careless to have it loose.