insecurely stored unlicensed cobalt-60 radiation source was recovered by scrapmetal collectors who, together with a scrapyard worker, subsequently dismantled...
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Metal theft is "the theft of items for the value of their constituent metals". It usually increases when worldwide prices for scrapmetal rise, as has...
hospitalized in New Delhi after handling radioactivescrapmetal. Investigation led to the discovery of an amount of scrapmetal containing cobalt-60 in Delhi's...
in an Acerinox scrapmetal reprocessing plant in Los Barrios, Spain. When melted, the caesium-137 caused the release of a radioactive cloud. The Acerinox...
hospitalized in New Delhi after handling radioactivescrapmetal. Investigation led to the discovery of an amount of scrapmetal containing 60Co in the Delhi's...
Scrap consists of recyclable materials, usually metals, left over from product manufacturing and consumption, such as parts of vehicles, building supplies...
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of radioactive material in Tammiku took place in 1994. Three brothers in Tammiku, Männiku, Saku Parish (Harju County), Estonia, who were scrapmetal scavengers...
melted a capsule of cesium-137 that was in a consignment of scrapmetal. The radioactive substance was released into the atmosphere and spread over Europe...
switches to complete a circuit when it flows over the switch contacts. Radioactivemetals such as uranium and plutonium are fuel for nuclear power plants, which...
that operated a plant on the same site. The plant extracted radium from scrapmetal to be used for experiments in accelerated plant growth. The experiments...
Some of their metal casings have been stripped by metal hunters, despite the risk of radioactive contamination. Transforming the radioactive material into...
radiological dispersal device is a radiological weapon that combines radioactive material with conventional explosives. The purpose of the weapon is to...
of radioactive contamination in Southern Spain. A caesium-137 source managed to pass through the monitoring equipment in an Acerinox scrapmetal reprocessing...
which contains bodily wastes (feces and urine) and surface runoff), radioactive waste, and others. What constitutes waste depends on the eye of the beholder;...
The Metal Gear franchise features a large number of characters created by Hideo Kojima and designed by Yoji Shinkawa. Its setting features several soldiers...
contaminated with caesium-137. Sims, who had transported a cargo of scrapmetal from Kambalda, was held responsible by NISM, but Sims in turn held WMC...
has symbol Pb (from Latin plumbum) and atomic number 82. It is a heavy metal that is denser than most common materials. Lead is soft and malleable, and...
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