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| Truck carrying radioactive material stolen in Mexico | |
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| Thieves have stolen a truck in Mexico carrying a dangerous radioactive material used in medical treatments, the UN atomic watchdog has said. | |
| The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), which is based in Vienna, said it had been informed by Mexican authorities that the truck, which was transporting cobalt-60 from a hospital in the northern city of Tijuana to a radioactive waste storage centre, was stolen in Tepojaco near Mexico City on Monday. | |
| "At the time the truck was stolen, the [radioactive] source was properly shielded. However, the source could be extremely dangerous to a person if removed from the shielding, or if it was damaged," the IAEA said on Wednesday. | "At the time the truck was stolen, the [radioactive] source was properly shielded. However, the source could be extremely dangerous to a person if removed from the shielding, or if it was damaged," the IAEA said on Wednesday. |
| The IAEA has offered to assist Mexican officials, who are searching for the material and have alerted the public. | The IAEA has offered to assist Mexican officials, who are searching for the material and have alerted the public. |
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