[ RadSafe ] Truck Driver Charged With Lying About Radioactive Cargo

[BLHamrick at aol.com]

It was a Molybdenum-Technetium generator (the event report is at the NRC  
site).  It should have been secured against movement during normal  transport.  
Frankly, I'm not terribly surprised that the driver said it was  stolen, rather 
than it fell off the truck.  I imagine he was scared about  losing his job.  
I'm not saying he wasn't dumb, not saying he wasn't  dishonest, just that I'm 
not surprised by it.
 
Actually, I think that's what's insane is that this guy could get 10 years  
for that.
 
Barbara L. Hamrick
 
In a message dated 8/29/2007 8:21:47 PM Pacific Daylight Time, sjd at swcp.com  
writes:

This  story leaves out more than it tells.  What was the 
radioactive  material?  If the box did indeed fall off the back of the 
truck, why  did the driver lie about it (if he did lie about it) and say 
someone stole  it?  That makes no sense at all.  How did it fall off the 
back  of his truck?  I can scarcely believe anyone would be allowed to haul  
around a box of radioactive material in an open truck where the box could  
slide between the slatted sides.  If the truck was an open truck, why  
wasn't the box properly secured?


 



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