| UN Warns 'Extremely Dangerous' Radioactive Material Stolen in Mexico Hannah Strange - The Telegraph | |
| go to original December 4, 2013 |
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Truck Carrying 'Extremely Dangerous' Radioactive Material Stolen in Mexico (worldnewsdepartment)
The United Nations' nuclear watchdog issued a warning on Wednesday after a truck carrying dangerous radioactive material that could be used in a dirty bomb was stolen in Mexico.
The vehicle, carrying cobalt-60, a substance used for radiotherapy treatment to combat cancer, was stolen on Monday while transporting the load from a hospital in Tijuana to a radioactive waste storage center.
Mexican authorities were working to locate the material, which could not be used in a conventional nuclear weapon but could in theory be put in a dirty bomb - an explosive device which would spread the substance over a large area.
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