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To: JustPiper
This might be of interest...

http://www.healthyarkansas.com/news/pr_radioactive_060804.html

Missing Radioactive Gauge

June 8, 2004

Little Rock -- Jared Thompson, Health Physicist in the Office of Radiation Control and Emergency Management, Arkansas Department of Health, announced tonight that one radioactive gauge is missing from Materials Testing of Arkansas. The gauge could pose a health risk to persons if handled or carried for an extended period of time. The missing gauge was in a locked yellow transportation case and weighs approximately 85 pounds. The gauge was lost on Amity Road near Southern Star Concrete Company in Conway, Arkansas. Anyone finding this gauge should IMMEDIATELY report it to the nearest police authority or phone 1-800-633-1735 and ask for Jared Thompson.

The gauge is described as a Troxler Electronic Laboratory Model 3430 moisture density gauge containing 9 millicuries of Cesium-137 and 44 millicures of Americium-241:Beryllium.

State Police, local government officials and law enforcement agencies, the United States Nuclear Regulatory Commission and the Office of Emergency Services have also been notified.

1,299 posted on 08/13/2004 7:11:28 AM PDT by Rutles4Ever
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To: Rutles4Ever; All

So that makes this one, ours and wasn't there another yesterday?


1,504 posted on 08/13/2004 3:08:17 PM PDT by JustPiper (Obama- No More Free Ride to the Illinois Senate !!!)
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