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2003-06-16 Caucasus

Georgia Finds Dirty Bomb Material in Taxi

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Posted by Steve 2003-06-16 12:23 pm|| || Front Page|| [11 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 Cs-137 is one of the easiest gamma emitters to identify - it has a single 662-keV gamma that is emitted in 100% of all decays. It is used as a calibration source and a teaching aid and virtually anybody can get its identification right. When reports identify a source as being Cs-137 they are very often correct. The quantities are always wildly wrong but then you can't have everything.

Posted by Russell 6/16/2003 8:00:24 PM|| 6/16/2003 8:00:24 PM|| Front Page Top

#2 Seems like the taxi drivers in this region don't really care what the cargo is as long as you have the cash.

Shouldn't be too hard on them: FedEx, UPS and Yellow Cab here in Chicago will also cart and deliver just about anything, and while I'm sure there are certain security measures, I'm also sure that they've delivered stuff, unknowingly, that we would have preferred hadn't been delivered.

Posted by Steve White 2003-06-16 12:36:20|| 2003-06-16 12:36:20|| Front Page Top

#3 Remember that it ain't cesium until WE say it's cesium. Take all these reports with a big grain of salt until someone in the West confirms the find.

Posted by Chuck (not Taylor) 2003-06-16 13:52:27|| [blog.simmins.org] 2003-06-16 13:52:27|| Front Page Top

#4 Cs-137 is one of the easiest gamma emitters to identify - it has a single 662-keV gamma that is emitted in 100% of all decays. It is used as a calibration source and a teaching aid and virtually anybody can get its identification right. When reports identify a source as being Cs-137 they are very often correct. The quantities are always wildly wrong but then you can't have everything.

Posted by Russell 2003-06-16 20:00:24|| 2003-06-16 20:00:24|| Front Page Top

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