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Lessons in Nuclear Waste Disposal
« on: April 13, 2010, 01:52:38 PM »
http://www.dnaindia.com/india/report_police-in-dark-over-origin-of-cobalt-60-in-delhi_1370189

We worry about radioactive materials falling into the hands of terrorists.......they need to look no further than a Delhi junkyard........

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Police in dark over origin of Cobalt-60 in Delhi
PTISunday, April 11, 2010 20:40 IST  
 

 

New Delhi: Police is yet to trace the origin of Cobalt-60, the radioactive material that caused serious injuries to six persons and are awaiting the recovery of the owner of the scrap shop from where it was found three days ago to get more clarity.

The official said nobody knew from where Jain had bought it. "Normally, scrap dealers never makes public their source of scrap as it will affect their business. So, nobody knows from where he bought it," he said.

Police had yesterday spoke to scrap dealers in the industrial area to ascertain the source of the material.

AERB experts, along with Department of Atomic Energy scientists, had yesterday safely removed eight bunches of metal scraps containing sources of Cobalt-60 radioactive isotope from the West Delhi shop and transported the material to the Narora Atomic Power Station in Uttar Pradesh.

AERB has said its probe into the source of Cobalt-60 pieces may help the Delhi Police trace the route through which it landed in the shop.

"Investigations are now in progress to ascertain the source of the radioactive cobalt-60, which was recovered from the scrap in a shop in Mayapuri," SA Hussain, head of Radiological Safety division of AERB, said.


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Re: Lessons in Nuclear Waste Disposal
« Reply #1 on: April 13, 2010, 02:10:47 PM »
Oh, fret not, boys and girls--the same thing is happening right here in this hemisphere.  Anybody remember back when all those houses were made with radioactive rebar back in the 1980's?  Seems to me the rebar was manufactured in Meh-he-ko, IIRC.
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Re: Lessons in Nuclear Waste Disposal
« Reply #2 on: April 13, 2010, 02:22:29 PM »
Quote from: NHSparky on April 13, 2010, 02:10:47 PM
Oh, fret not, boys and girls--the same thing is happening right here in this hemisphere.  Anybody remember back when all those houses were made with radioactive rebar back in the 1980's?  Seems to me the rebar was manufactured in Meh-he-ko, IIRC.

I sure do; I also remember a bunch of it ended up in the upright posts for restaurant tables, I don't remember whether it was the same batch as the rebar, though.
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Re: Lessons in Nuclear Waste Disposal
« Reply #3 on: April 13, 2010, 02:47:09 PM »
Cobalt 60 is primarily a medical isotope.......I can't speak for India, but most radioactive material that is either manufactured here, or imported here from elsewhere is "tagged" with chemical "tracers" that can yield the source of the material.........

If so, it shouldn't be hard to trace......

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Re: Lessons in Nuclear Waste Disposal
« Reply #4 on: April 13, 2010, 02:56:37 PM »
Sometimes, but usually it's easier to trace the actual components to their point of manufacture:

http://www.window.state.tx.us/border/ch09/cobalto.html
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