- Jeff - This report should state that the device contained
radioactive Cesium-137. These guages are stolen on a very regular basis
- even several times a month. Cesium-137 is very dangerous when unshielded.
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- Missing Radioactive Device Found Near Arrowhead Stadium
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- A radioactive device containing uranium stolen from
a bar parking lot Thursday night was found dumped along a road behind
Arrowhead Stadium Friday morning, KMBC 9 News' Donna Pitman reported.
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- A Maxim Technologies worker walked into the Wild Stallions
Saloon in Independence. When he walked out Thursday night, the Troxler
Box in his work truck was gone.
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- The $8,000 piece of equipment contains non-weapons grade
uranium and it is radioactive.
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- "The amount of radioactivity that is given off by
it isn't much more than the sun. The sun may even be more if you stand
there long enough," said Bill Stafford, vice president of Maxim Technologies.
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- Stafford said the theft of the Troxler Box could have
resulted in a fine or warning from the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
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- Troxler boxes are used at construction sites regularly
to measure the density and moisture content of soil.
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- "It gives you compaction percentage ... and moisture
content," a construction worker explained.
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- After examining the box, Maxim workers took it back.
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- Company executives said they are glad the worker reported
the box missing and said they are still deciding his punishment.
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- A woman saw the story on the news and then saw the box
and called police. Investigators are checking the box for fingerprints.
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- If you have information on who took the box, call the
TIPS Hotline at (816) 474-TIPS.
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- http://dailynews.yahoo.com/h/kmbc/20020503/lo/1183786_1.html
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