Medical radioactive material truck stolen in Mexico

[novasteve]

BBC News - Medical radioactive material truck 'stolen in Mexico'


That's not good

 

[Mr. H.]

Uh oh.

 

[martybegan]

A few questions need to be asked, which were not in the article:

What is the mass of the radioatctive material in the device?

What is the age of the radioative material in the device?

Cobalt 60 has a half life of 5.3 years, so if these are older devices the amount of radioactive material would be much less.

The only threat from this material is in use in a dirty bomb, or as a contaminant in either air, soil or water.

You can't make a bomb out of it, a fissile bomb that is.

 

[Pennywise]

I'm sure it's just a coincidence. The hijacker probably thought it was a truckload of Coronas and Tacos.

Nothing to see here, move along churls.

 

[Mr. H.]

keep an eye out for glow in the dark Mexicans.