Stolen isotope in Mexico enough for ‘dirty bomb’: experts
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Mexico’s nuclear commission said Wednesday the radioactive material inside a stolen truck weighed 60 grams, a quantity experts said is enough to make a “dirty bomb.” Jaime Aguirre Gomez, radiological security director at the National Commission for Nuclear Safety and Safeguards, told AFP the cobalt-60 in the medical teletherapy device has a radioactivity level of […]https://www.defencetalk.com/stolen-isotope-in-mexico-enough-for-dirty-bomb-experts-49828/
Mexico’s nuclear commission said Wednesday the radioactive material inside a stolen truck weighed 60 grams, a quantity experts said is enough to make a “dirty bomb.” Jaime Aguirre Gomez, radiological security director at the National Commission for Nuclear Safety and Safeguards, told AFP the cobalt-60 in the medical teletherapy device has a radioactivity level of […]https://www.defencetalk.com/stolen-isotope-in-mexico-enough-for-dirty-bomb-experts-49828/