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July 19, 2007
“Security
Thieves target radioactive devices
Instruments potential source of ‘dirty bomb’ materials”
VINCE VERSACE
staff writer
ARTICLE SNIPPET: “Construction sites and vehicles have been involved when 76 radioactive devices have gone missing in Canada over the last five years.
Devices such as soil moisture gauges, powered by radioactive material, have gone missing from construction sites, fallen off trucks and been stolen from cars, a recent report compiled by Canadian Press indicates.
Ontario and Quebec each had the most missing radioactive device incidents at 18 each.
The Canadian Nuclear Safety Commission is tightening controls on radioactive devices for fear some of the materials could be used to create a so-called dirty bomb. A construction company wishing to use a radioactive site must submit an application to the CNSC to be assessed.”