[ RadSafe ] Truck Driver Charged With Lying AboutRadioactive Cargo

[Bryan Kirk]

I don't know the details of the case, other than what I've seen here.
Assuming they are reported correctly, the driver should pay a stiff
price for lying, we are not talking about a box of lost candy. I don't
think 10 years is appropriate nor do I think he will get that sentence.
It's better to give proper notification and begin a real search and
maybe even lose your job rather than someone finding the item and
getting hurt, and you spending time in jail.

As far as the companies responsibility to properly train, I didn't know
you were supposed to be trained not to lie.


As a broker / transporter of radioactive materials and I am ultimately
responsible for making sure my load is properly secured. 

Bryan Kirk

-----Original Message-----
From: radsafe-bounces at radlab.nl [mailto:radsafe-bounces at radlab.nl] On
Behalf Of Steven Dapra
Sent: Thursday, August 30, 2007 7:50 PM
To: radsafe at radlab.nl
Subject: Re: [ RadSafe ] Truck Driver Charged With Lying
AboutRadioactive Cargo


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?



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