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Mexico issues alert after theft of radioactive material via ABC

Five Mexican states have been put on alert after a truck carrying a container of potentially dangerous radioactive material was stolen, the Interior Ministry says. The National Co-ordination of Civil Protection issued the warning after a company in the central … Continue reading

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US radiation leak concerns Mexicans via Newspapertree

Serious problems at a U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) nuclear waste dump in southeastern New Mexico have caught the eyes of the press and government officials in Ciudad Juarez, Mexico. The current round of troubles began February 5 at the … Continue reading

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Mexico’s stolen radiation source: It could happen here via The Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists

At 1:30 a.m. on December 2, gunmen forced two truck drivers who had taken a nap at a gas station on the outskirts of Mexico City to surrender their vehicle. The thieves took off with the truck’s heavy and hazardous … Continue reading

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Mexico’s Stolen Cobalt-60 Successfully Recovered, En Route To Waste Treatment Facility via Huffington Post

MEXICO CITY (AP) — Mexico’s nuclear safety director says workers have succeeded in safely removing a shipment of radioactive cobalt-60 that had sat in a cornfield for almost a week after being abandoned by thieves. Juan Eibenschutz says a robot … Continue reading

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Medical radioactive material truck ‘stolen in Mexico’ via BBC

A truck carrying medical radioactive material has been stolen in Mexico, the UN’s nuclear watchdog says. Mexico told the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) that the truck was carrying a “dangerous radioactive source” used for cancer treatments when it was … Continue reading

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