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Radioactive material stolen in Iraq raises security fears
Posted on 2/17/16 at 1:30 pm
Posted on 2/17/16 at 1:30 pm
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The material, stored in a protective case the size of a laptop computer, went missing in November from a storage facility near the southern city of Basra belonging to U.S. oilfield services company Weatherford (WFT.N), the document obtained by Reuters showed and officials confirmed.
Why does an US oil field services company have nuclear waste in Iraq?
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Posted on 2/17/16 at 1:33 pm to tke857
Not saying it is the same kind of thing, but I believe it was Schlumberger who had a similarly described package go missing (actually I think it fell off a truck) about a year ago here in Louisiana. I didn't read the entire article so did it actually say "radioactive waste"?
Posted on 2/17/16 at 1:35 pm to tke857
quote:Many logging tools contain nuclear elements
Why does an US oil field services company have nuclear waste in Iraq?
Posted on 2/17/16 at 1:38 pm to tke857
quote:How about you read the article you just posted?
Why does an US oil field services company have nuclear waste in Iraq?
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The material, which uses gamma rays to test flaws in materials used for oil and gas pipelines in a process called industrial gamma radiography,
Posted on 2/17/16 at 1:41 pm to tke857
It's Ir-192 from an industrial scanner. It has a half life of 74 days. It's not a big deal.
Posted on 2/17/16 at 1:51 pm to tke857
"Hey, lets take some highly radioactive material into one of the most unstable countries in the world!!!!!!!!!! What could possibly go wrong?"
Posted on 2/17/16 at 1:52 pm to ForeverLSU02
I don't think this Baw even gamma ray's, Bro.
Posted on 2/17/16 at 1:55 pm to upgrayedd
They x-ray welds for cracks or imperfections with this shite. Isis is building a giant robot spider like in wild wild west.
Posted on 2/17/16 at 1:55 pm to jeffsdad
It's not highly radioactive and has likely been severely degraded by now.
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