Lost Halliburton Nuclear Material Found

[Jon8503]

Lost Halliburton Nuclear Material Found

WASHINGTON - A Halliburton Co. shipment of radioactive material went missing in October but the company didn't alert government authorities until this week, Nuclear Regulatory Commission officials said Thursday.

The material — two sources of the element americium, used in oil well exploration — was found intact Wednesday in Boston after an intense search by federal authorities. NRC and Halliburton officials say the public never was in danger.

The americium was being shipped from Russia to Houston, according to a report filed with the NRC by Halliburton.

NRC spokesman Neil Sheehan said Halliburton did not notify the agency about the missing material until Tuesday. Depending on the material, government rules require notification either immediately or within 30 days.

"The focus through today was on trying to find the material," Sheehan said. "We're going to be pressing them why the notification was not more timely."

Halliburton spokeswoman Wendy Hall blamed the company's shipper, saying it never alerted the Texas-based energy company that the material was missing until Tuesday. Halliburton then immediately contacted the NRC, she said.

http://news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=542&u=/ap/20050210/ap_on_go_ca_st_pe/missing_radioactive_material&printer=1

[rodeodance]

1. so now they feel they do not have to alert Authorities when nuclear

material goes missing?!! Crapo!!

[Jon8503]

3. Hey Rodeo, was just thinking, was'nt there a alert put out for

Boston some time back? Wonder if Halliburten & their government buddies knew about it but just put out a alert thinking it had got in the wrong hands and not telling anyone that they had lost it.

[UL_Approved]

2. Umm, plan it the works?

This has the conspiracy theorist going in me now.

Was a dirty bomb planned for Boston? Spare nuclear material floating around for a long-term attack, but it was found out by somebody?

Just what ever became of those Chinese national scientists and the truck driver???? How did that come into play here? :tinfoilhat:

[Jon8503]

4. Approved, it appears you and I were thinking the same thing. N/T.