[ RadSafe ] Truck Driver Charged With Lying About Radioactive Cargo

[Steven Dapra]

Aug. 30

         Yes, 10 years is definitely insane.

Steven Dapra


At 12:00 AM 8/30/07 -0400, BLHamrick at aol.com wrote:
>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?