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Malaysia hunts for missing radioactive material by Staff Writers Kuala Lumpur (AFP) Aug 20, 2018 Malaysian police are hunting for an industrial device containing radioactive material that went missing from the back of a pick-up truck earlier this month, reports and an official said Monday. The radiography device disappeared on August 10 as it was transported outside the capital Kuala Lumpur, the New Straits Times newspaper reported. Authorities fear the device, which contains the radioactive isotope iridium-192 and, could fall into the hands of militants and be used to make a dirty bomb, the paper said. Local police chief Mazlan Mansor told AFP an investigation had been launched without giving further details. Deputy Home Minister Azis Jamman confirmed the incident had taken place but insisted "everything is under control". "There is nothing to be worried about at this moment," he was cited as saying in The Star newspaper. The company that owned the device -- which weighed 23 kilograms (50 pounds), and consisted of a large metal tube with a handle on top -- reportedly used it to detect cracks in metal as part of inspection protocols in the energy, power and transportation sectors. It was lost as it was transported to the company's office from the town of Seremban. Police initially detained two technicians who had been transporting the device, and reported it missing, reports said. However the pair were later released after investigations failed to link them to its disappearance.
First reliable estimates of highly radioactive cesium-rich microparticles released by Fukushima disaster Paris, France (SPX) Aug 16, 2018 Scientists have for the first time been able to estimate the amount of radioactive cesium-rich microparticles released by the disaster at the Fukushima power plant in 2011. This work, which will have significant health and environmental implications, is presented at the Goldschmidt geochemistry conference in Boston*. The flooding of the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant (FDNPP) after the disastrous earthquake on March 11 2011 caused the release of significant amounts of radioactive material, i ... read more
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