| Dumped By Truck Thieves, Cobalt-60 Finally Removed from Mexican Cornfield Olga R. Rodriguez - Associated Press | |
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A shipment of highly radioactive cobalt-60 was safely recovered Tuesday evening after sitting in the cornfield where it was found a week ago dumped by truck thieves in central Mexico, the country's nuclear safety director said.
Juan Eibenschutz, director general of the National Commission of Nuclear Safety and Safeguards, said a robot was used to scoop up the dangerous material and deposit it in a safe container for transporting to a nuclear waste treatment facility.
"It's been recovered, and it's on its way to the waste site," he said.
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