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Thursday, December 5, 2013

Stolen isotope in Mexico enough for 'dirty bomb': experts

Stolen isotope in Mexico enough for 'dirty bomb': experts
Mexico City (AFP) Dec 04, 2013 - Mexico's nuclear commission said Wednesday the radioactive material inside a stolen truck weighed 60 grams, a quantity experts said is enough to make a "dirty bomb." Jaime Aguirre Gomez, radiological security director at the National Commission for Nuclear Safety and Safeguards, told AFP the cobalt-60 in the medical teletherapy device has a radioactivity level of "almost 3,000 Curies." H ... morehttp://www.spacewar.com/reports/Stolen_isotope_in_Mexico_enough_for_dirty_bomb_experts_999.html

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