Posted on 12/16/2024 8:46:31 AM PST by bitt
The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) has confirmed that radioactive material was lost in transit earlier this month, heightening fears about public safety and sparking theories about mysterious drone activity in New Jersey.
Officer Lew, a prominent political commentator, highlighted the NRC’s event report during a review of regulatory alerts.
“While looking at the Nuclear Regulatory Commission Alerts. I can confirm that there is radioactive material that has gone missing on Dec 2nd, 2024 out of New Jersey. This might be the reason for the drones… just speculation at this point,” he wrote.
The missing material, identified as a Ge-68 pin source manufactured by Eckert & Ziegler, was reported lost by its licensee on December 3, 2024. Shipped for disposal, the container arrived at its destination severely damaged and empty.
According to the NRC’s report, the radioactive source, while classified as “Less than IAEA Category 3,” still poses potential risks if mishandled or exposed for prolonged periods.
According to the report:
AGREEMENT STATE REPORT – SOURCE LOST IN TRANSIT
The following information was provided by the New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection (NJDEP) via email:
“The licensee reported to NJDEP on December 3, 2024, that a Ge-68 pin source that they sent for disposal has been lost in transit on December 2, 2024. The source is a Eckert & Ziegler model HEGL-0132, with current approximate activity of 0.267 mCi. The shipping container arrived at its destination damaged and empty. The licensee has filed a claim with the shipper. If the source is not located within the 30 days, the licensee will follow-up with a full written report to include root cause(s) and corrective actions.
“This event is reportable under 10 CFR 20.2201(a)(1)(ii).”
New Jersey Event Report ID number: To be determined
THIS MATERIAL EVENT CONTAINS A ‘Less than Cat 3’ LEVEL OF RADIOACTIVE MATERIAL
Sources that are “Less than IAEA Category 3 sources,” are either sources that are very unlikely to cause permanent injury to individuals or contain a very small amount of radioactive material that would not cause any permanent injury. Some of these sources, such as moisture density gauges or thickness gauges that are Category 4, the amount of unshielded radioactive material, if not safely managed or securely protected, could possibly – although it is unlikely – temporarily injure someone who handled it or were otherwise in contact with it, or who were close to it for a period of many weeks.
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Media & officialdom still denies there were celebrations in Paterson and Jersey City on 9/11.
Whatever evidence there was has been memory-holed or word-smithed out of existence.
A lost package of fentanyl is probably more dangerous.
This is much ado about nothing.
This sounds like the amount of radiation you’d receive in an X-Ray or other radiography.
Merely a Category 3; simply misplaced.
So THAT’S what the drones are looking for !
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Not nearly enough material for a “dirty bomb”. Not something you want to play with, though. Cobalt sources from the nuclear medicine industry have gotten “loose” due to negligence, and people have gotten hurt by them. Don’t extract and play with the Americium source in your smoke detectors.
YEP!!
“missing on Dec 2nd”
Didn’t the drone sightings start in November?
/that solves that
According to the NRC’s report, the radioactive source, while classified as “Less than IAEA Category 3,” still poses potential risks if mishandled or exposed for prolonged periods.
OPTION 1 IS THE ANSWER TO THE QUESTION...
“None of the above” is probably the answer.
If only I believed the Gateway Puke-it
LOL...yeppers, that’s it!
That’s reassuring. They’re flying drones all over NJ in order to retrieve loose nuclear materials. Now I feel all better./s
Reads like another “Pistol” Pete Buttigieg success story. I’m sure Pete is busy drilling for an answer as to what happened.
IF what the media or reporting as missing is really all that is missing. How much do you trust anything the government and media are saying?
“According to the NRC’s report, the radioactive source, while classified as “Less than IAEA Category 3,” still poses potential risks if mishandled or exposed for prolonged periods.
If you believe this statement, then releasing a wing of drones seems like an overkill response to this incident.”
The Govt would never lie to us about anything like this, never ever ever.
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