Radioactive material stolen from lab in Mexico ...

A device containing radioactive substances was stolen from a government research facility and authorities are working to track it down, Mexico's No. 2 official said.
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A group of armed men grabbed the device Sunday night during an assault on a National Construction Laboratory warehouse in Tultitlan, Mexico state.

Radioactive material stolen from lab in Mexico

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Additional Confirmation:
HAZMAT in Mexico on Thursday, 12 June, 2014 at 19:11 (07:11 PM) UTC

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NOTE: This THEFT occurred ... 5 days ago !!!
( i.e. Is this their way to ask for ... "HELP!" ???)

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Another's Opinion ... ( with some things worth considering )

No.2 huh? Well, Dr. Evil strikes again!

Seriously, this isn't good..mexico doesn't have the best security at all

Armed men - that doesn't sound very ordinary. Someone is up to no good, IMO.

a reply to: FarleyWayne

How much material ??? What kind of material, Banana's are radioactive for god sakes.

a reply to: FarleyWayne

Considering how lax security is regarding nuclear material...it's almost inevitable.

March 21, 2014

By Rachel Oswald

Global Security Newswire


Negligence was involved in all 73 incidents last year in which radioactive substances reported went missing, concludes a new expert report on nuclear trafficking.

The report finding by the James Martin Center for Nonproliferation Studies could suggest there is much work yet to be done in international efforts to improve security around radiological substances that might be seized by terrorists and used to construct a so-called "dirty bomb." This type of device could combine radiological materials and explosives to contaminate populated areas.

www.nti.org...

When and if a dirty bomb does happen...people will ask "how did this happen?". It will too late then...

Des

They won't get very far...I'm guessing in 3 days they are seriously ill and end up dead in 10 days.

Just a matter of time.

We will see a dirty bomb test in the U.S.

Who ever gets blamed will not be the guilty ones.

It's a good thing our border security is such a high priority!
Some days, all I can do is shake my head at all the madness going on across the world.

originally posted by: nugget1
It's a good thing our border security is such a high priority!
Some days, all I can do is shake my head at all the madness going on across the world.

I had the same thought Nugget. It may already be here.

Shakes head with you...

Des

a reply to: FarleyWayne

Ok stop.

1. What kind of radioactive material was taken?

2. What is the purpose of the dirty bomb video?

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cesium-37 and americium-beryllium

Cesium and americium are NOT that radio active and would not make a good radiological "dirty" bomb.

Beryllium is not radioactive in its normal state, but it does help increase tensile strength in other metals.

a reply to: projectvxn

By the description it sounds like a piece of survey equipment similar to something lost in Pennsylvania awhile back. I wrote a lot on that after looking up the model and everything. It had the same substances in it.

If it's similar, then it's not dangerous unless some idiot ignores the big warnings and starts opening the thing up. As I recall if you actually get all the way to the source material, then it's a real bad thing for health but not enough to do more than likely win the Mother of all Darwin awards.

This is one spicy taco. Could I get another of those hepatitis urine colored sodas?

a reply to: projectvxn

Just an F.Y.I. ( and to let others here know ), My Internet-Connection died right after My Original-Posting ... SO ... I've been Out-o-the-Game for an hour ( or more ).

REGARDLESS ( of that )

Who? What?

It could be similar to the W.I.P.P. thingy, in the sense that nobody really knew the real-severity of it ... ( until two months after-the-fact ).

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SUMMARY: A Warning ... ( and Ounce-of-Prevention ).
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Wouldn't surprise me if someone was trying to make a nasty bomb to spoil the Brazilian world cup so Mexico's proximity to Brazil worries me. Also Brazil is part of the Bricks group and again is not liked by some politicians.

originally posted by: Shiloh7
Wouldn't surprise me if someone was trying to make a nasty bomb to spoil the Brazilian world cup so Mexico's proximity to Brazil worries me. Also Brazil is part of the Bricks group and again is not liked by some politicians.

That is so "24" but the harsh reality you could be right

HOLY COW CRAP Batman! The Mexicans have NOOKLER substances!!

Meh DAhboo7 is full of crap.

originally posted by: Antipathy17
Meh DAhboo7 is full of crap.

That's one way of describing the source of massive amounts of dis-information.

I question the motivation behind his videos.

The guy puts a lot of effort into utter nonsense while at the same time reporting on actual crisis.

The result being everything he comments on is ridiculed.

originally posted by: HUMBLEONE
HOLY COW CRAP Batman! The Mexicans have NOOKLER substances!!

Robin:
I think that would be HOLY GLOWING BURRITO BATMAN!

Chekov:
The Mexicans have newqueeer materials captain!

a reply to: MarlinGrace
Right On! PEACE.