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VAN CONTAINING RADIOACTIVE MATERIAL STOLEN
WBIR Television, Knoxville, TN ^
| 6/26/2002
| Stephanie Anderson
Posted on 06/26/2002 8:11:20 PM PDT by Tennessee_Bob
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To: 68-69TonkinGulfYatchClub
Tonk, It looks like brat lives in Las Vegas.
Rather than worrying about safe shipping, I'd bet he's more worried that the shipment will safely arrive and arrive and arrive...
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posted on
06/26/2002 9:08:39 PM PDT
by
Barnacle
To: Tennessee_Bob; The Magical Mischief Tour
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To: The Magical Mischief Tour
Will you ex-O5D or 18Es stop your groupings, some of us are trying to sleep.
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posted on
06/26/2002 9:11:44 PM PDT
by
SBeck
To: Barnacle
I'm willing to believe Yucca Mtn is safe as soon as the NRC gives it the final OK. Some 20 years of studies and they (NRC) are still not sure.
They have the only legal authority to open it.
I'll believe shipping across country is safe as soon as our borders are sealed.
To: SBeck
Dear Fellow Freepers,
If only we in TN were samrt enough to allow our "all-knowing legislators" to give us a state income tax, this incident never would have happened !! (SARCASM OFF)
To: Tennessee_Bob
Stolen from Corryton? Likely they were after the van and not the contents. This would probably not have happened just a year or so ago. D.O.T. changed colors of vehicles from orange to white. White vans are easy to blend into traffic where as orange ones stick out like a sore thumb.
To: SBeck
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To: justlurking
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To: SBeck
Ok, I'll try something different:
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To: RightWingNut
Yeah...The latest incarnation to rear it's ugly head is a flat 6% across the board tax on everybody...
A 1.5% hike already.
And some of these damn fool legislators will buy this mess of bovine excrement...
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posted on
06/26/2002 9:47:33 PM PDT
by
acehai
To: Tennessee_Bob
I think this is a good rule of thumb you can use to judge how dangerous any stolen radioactive material might be: If you can find it
listed for sale at Amazon, it's probably not something you have to worry about.
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posted on
06/26/2002 10:17:59 PM PDT
by
Timesink
To: Timesink
Good point, but the name of the item wasn't listed anywhere, and I can't read it on the unit itself in the picture.
Like I said in other posts - it's a matter of security. This is a low-level source, but higher power sources are out there as well, and they're not any better secured than this thing is.
To: Tennessee_Bob
Looks like the scene of the crime moved a little west. Like half way across the county. They consider it serious enough to involve TEMA. I found this article in www.knoxnews.com
State and local briefs for June 27 June 27, 2002
Stolen DOT gauge could pose radiation hazard if broken The state is asking residents for help in locating a stolen moisture density gauge that could prove dangerous if broken.
The device was stolen from a 1997 Ford Aerostar Tennessee Department of Transportation van while it was in Karns.
The gauge case is about the size and shape of a suitcase and is made of a hard, yellow plastic with handles on each end and the top.
The gauge itself is also yellow with a rectangular base and foot-long handle. Both are clearly labeled as radioactive.
The gauge is used in measuring properties of materials used in road construction. Small amounts of radioactive material in the gauge are contained in sealed sources.
The device could present a radiation hazard if it was damaged and the radioactive sources exposed.
The state urges anyone with information about the gauge to call the Knoxville Emergency Assistance Center at 865-594-5518 or the Tennessee Emergency Management Agency at 1-800-262-3300.
To: Tennessee_Bob
Wow, this does not give me a warm fuzzy feeling.
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posted on
06/27/2002 2:00:52 AM PDT
by
exnavy
To: Tennessee_Bob
Ok, my dad knew Morse code, please translate!
To: RaceBannon
All your base are belong to us.....
To: SC Swamp Fox
VAN CONTAINING RADIOACTIVE MATERIAL STOLEN Jim Hodges has got to be behind this.
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posted on
06/27/2002 6:44:39 AM PDT
by
Palmetto
To: socal_parrot
Already got one. Can we come up and see it?
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posted on
06/27/2002 7:06:38 AM PDT
by
Cachelot
To: Cachelot
No.
To: Barnacle
He might be. That event reminded me of the Caddy Shack pool scene where he eats the candy bar at the end. I figured it was some medical waste, but the smell test proved me wrong.
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posted on
06/27/2002 4:39:34 PM PDT
by
Sawdring
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