Who needs Padilla when you have FedEx?
Date and Place--January 2, 2002, Federal Express facility at New Orleans International Airport, in Kenner, Louisiana. Nature and Probable Consequences--A package containing iridium-192 (Ir-192) with elevated surface radiation levels was discovered at the Federal Express facility located at the New Orleans airport. The package was identified as a routine shipment for Source Production and Equipment Company (SPEC), located in St. Rose, Louisiana. The total activity was 366 terabecquerels (TBq) (9893 curies (Ci)). [IE the activity of 9 kilos of radium-226] http://cryptome.org/nrc041803.txt (look for SAFKEG)
Pretty impressive how little radiation dose the exposed people got for how hot that is! But it does show you should try to hijack cargo planes instead of passenger planes if you really want to create som havoc. Patience, persistence, truth, Dr. mike On Fri, 18 Apr 2003, Major Variola (ret) wrote:
Date and Place--January 2, 2002, Federal Express facility at New Orleans International Airport, in Kenner, Louisiana. Nature and Probable Consequences--A package containing iridium-192 (Ir-192) with elevated surface radiation levels was discovered at the Federal Express facility located at the New Orleans airport. The package was identified as a routine shipment for Source Production and Equipment Company (SPEC), located in St. Rose, Louisiana.
The total activity was 366 terabecquerels (TBq) (9893 curies (Ci)).
[IE the activity of 9 kilos of radium-226]
http://cryptome.org/nrc041803.txt (look for SAFKEG)
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Mike Rosing