Who needs Padilla when you have FedEx?

Major Variola (ret) mv at cdc.gov
Fri Apr 18 11:14:16 PDT 2003


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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