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Radioactive canister stolen from van in Lancashire.

A canister of radioactive material has been stolen from the back of a van, Lancashire Police said.

The "small amount" of material, believed to be Iridium 192, is not considered dangerous if it remains contained in its heavy lead container.

The yellow canister was taken over the weekend from a Peugeot Panel Van parked in New Line, Bacup.

Anyone who has come into contact with the material is urged to seek medical assistance.
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BBC news source


Potentially most interesting news story of the week unfolding, you heard it here first folks...

Ididium 192 Wiki page


Makes you wonder how often sensitive materials (whether harmful or otherwise - data sensitive for example) are just left lying around!
 
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The "small amount" of material, believed to be Iridium 192, is not considered dangerous if it remains contained in its heavy lead container.
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That's a very large "if".
 
I bet someones trying to play alpha male, just hope the police get a grip and not beta round the bush with this one.

Hmm I can see that this thread has decayed into a mess already :(
 
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Malt_Vinegar said:
If you find this, do not put it in your pocket! Chernobyl drop off!
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:D:D:D

Malt_Vinegar is our new:

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The thieves will be in for half a shock when the find the container.....



.... and be right iridiums when they open it.
 
Reminds me of that incident in southern America, looters stole a radioactive device and ended up killing themselves with it, as they had no idea what it did.

On September 16, Alves succeeded in puncturing the capsule's aperture window with a screwdriver, allowing him to see a deep blue light coming from the tiny opening he had created.[1] He inserted the screwdriver and successfully scooped out some of the glowing substance. Thinking it was perhaps a type of gunpowder, he tried to light it, but the powder would not ignite. The exact mechanism by which the light was generated was not known at the time the IAEA report was written, though it was thought to be either fluorescence or Cherenkov radiation associated with the absorption of moisture by the source; similar blue light was observed in 1988 at Oak Ridge National Laboratory during the disencapsulation of a 137Cs source.
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Goiânia_accident
 
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