“Finally the WMD show up! “
Ir192 is a pretty common industrial isotope.
So no Big Deal is what your saying? Thanks.
From a friend who is an expert on this stuff:
“OK, Ir-192 is lost all the time in the USA, and is by far the most common source that injuries people in the IAEA reports. However, the half life is only 74 days. 740 days later it’s effectively gone.
I missed the first part of “stolen last year” OK, assuming that it was lost 365 days ago and the half life of Ir-192 is 74 days, it has decayed by over 30 fold by now.
Iridium looks like black pencil lead. It is easily lost. We lose Ir-192 all the time in the USA. Maybe once a week IMO.
And this made the front page of the Drudge Report?
Wow.
Bullets are far more dangerous than Ir-192.
OK, someone could use Ir-192 as a torture device I guess, but that’s getting into Dr. Evil sort of territory of stupid and expensive.”