RE: " Radioactive material involved in truck crash " [FW]

[MOSHEK <MosheK@ENVIRONMENT.GOV.IL>]

Radsafers,



Does someone can point out where can I have more information on this car

crash.



Thanks



Moshe Keren



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From: Franta, Jaroslav [mailto:frantaj@AECL.CA]

Sent: Thursday, May 03, 2001 4:53 PM

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Subject: " Radioactive material involved in truck crash " [FW]







In the Globe & Mail :



Radioactive material involved in crash

Thursday, May 3, 2001



The burnt-out wreckage of two trucks, one carrying radioactive material,

blocked the Trans-Canada Highway east of Dryden, Ont., yesterday as police

waited most of the day for an all-clear from federal nuclear-safety

officials.



One of the trucks carried two canisters of irridium-192, used to check

pipeline welds. Four people were killed in the early-morning crash, and

efforts to search the wrecks and reopen the highway were delayed until the

canisters were found to be intact. 



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Two dead in crash with truck carrying radioactive material 

The Expositor (Brantford)

Thu 03 May 2001

National A11 News



DRYDEN, Ont. - A fiery head-on crash involving two transport trucks, one

carrying radioactive material, claimed the lives of at least two people on

the TransCanada highway early Wednesday. 



Police said the two vehicles collided at about 1:30 a.m. while negotiating a

sharp turn on a hill on Highway 17, about 26 kilometres east of this

northern Ontario city. 



``As a result of the nature of the cargo, it kind of hampered the

firefighting efforts initially,'' said Const. Rick Krueger. 



``Since then, firefighters have been allowed to get in and deal with the

flames.'' 



Nonetheless, a 100-metre evacuation zone was established as a precaution

while firefighters battled the blaze. The wreckage was still smouldering

eight hours later. 



All that remained was the burnt shell of one truck and the gnarled metal of

the second truck in a nearby ditch. 



Krueger said a small quantity of iridium was being shipped in crash-proof

containers in one of the trucks. 



``I believe that material is used in surveying, so I believe it's not that

hazardous,'' Krueger said. 



``However, it is radioactive material so precautions do have to be taken.'' 



Hazardous materials teams from Environment Canada, Atomic Energy of Canada

and the Spills Action Centre were called to the scene. The highway remained

closed for most of the day. 



There was at least one fatality in each truck, and because the damage was so

severe, police couldn't immediately determine if there were more bodies. 



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