Just for the heck of it, it would be interesting to look at demographic data for the area.... -TD

From: "Major Variola (ret.)" <mv@cdc.gov> Reply-To: cypherpunks@lne.com To: "cypherpunks@al-qaeda.net" <cypherpunks@al-qaeda.net> Subject: who needs Padilla when you have govt? Date: Tue, 30 Mar 2004 09:34:54 -0800

STATE OF CONNETICUT REPORTED THE DISCOVERY OF A STRONTIUM-90 SOURCE

The item was found adjacent to a house in a wooded area in East Lyme, CT. It was a cylinder measuring 6 inches in length and 2 inches in diameter. The bottom of the cylinder had the following serial number: M2477. It was a general licensed strontium-90 source. The source was contained inside a metal box with a radioactive material symbol on the outside. The State response personnel conducted a radiological survey. The source read 250 millirem per hour on contact for gamma. The source read 3.2 rem per hour on contact for beta. At 12 inches, the source measured 5 millirem per hour. At one meter the source measured less than 1 millirem per hour. The State took the source to a secure locked location for followup on Monday to try to determine the owner.

* * * UPDATE 0900 ON 3/29/04 MOSS (NMSS) TO GOTT * * *

The item was identified as a component to a helicopter In-flight Blade Inspection System. Notified Mark Evetts at the Homeland Security Operations Center.

http://www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/doc-collections/event-status/event/2004/200403...

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