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Re: Fw: ABCNEWS.com: Hundreds of Radioactive Devices Missing
I'm going on memory here...about the Gioania incident.
As I recall, there was a container of Cs-137 powder
(which I believe is blue) left in an abandoned
warehouse.
Some children playing nearby found the container and
opened it (it was not an accidental "spill"). They
thought the powder looked neat and played games of
"paint my face, I'll paint yours."
They got the stuff all over their hands, face, mouth,
etc...you name it.
As I understood, after several of the children who
played with the Cs got sick, health officials tracked
it down.
I believe half the town was "contaminated." Some of
the children did later die from the exposure.
I think it was a "little" more than 3.5 oz. Luckily,
we keep tighter conrols over our radioactive sources
than they did in Brazil.
Tim
--- Elaine Marshall <emarshall@fnal.gov> wrote:
>
> > I thought you might find this story interesting.
> >
> > Hundreds of Radioactive Devices Missing
> >
>
http://abcnews.go.com/sections/wnt/DailyNews/nuclear_material020410.html
> >
>
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