Missing radioactive Halliburton shipment found

[KiwiCoromandel]

Missing radioactive Halliburton shipment found

Thursday, February 10, 2005 Posted: 9:03 PM EST (0203 GMT)

WASHINGTON (AP) -- A Halliburton Co. shipment of radioactive material that landed in New York in October was lost en route to Texas and was not found until Wednesday, when it turned up in Boston.

The material -- two sources of the element americium, used in oil well exploration -- was found intact at a freight facility after federal authorities conducted an intense search. The Nuclear Regulatory Commission said it first learned of the missing shipment on Tuesday.

Both the NRC and Halliburton officials said Thursday that the public never was in danger.......

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http://www.cnn.com/2005/US/02/10/missing.m...l.ap/index.html

[Redneck4sure]

I hope they haven't lost my case of atomic hand grenades that I bought on ebay. <_>

[Wolfie]

A Halliburton Co. shipment of radioactive material that landed in New York in October was lost en route to Texas and was not found until Wednesday, when it turned up in Boston.

They should have checked thier calenders. The DNC WAS in Boston last year.

[DudeAsInCool]

When you are making millions off a war, why worry about little details like missing radioactive material. I mean, hey, they never found the WMD's, so its like, wow, no problem...

[slum_goddess]

When you are making millions off a war, why worry about little details like missing radioactive material. I mean, hey, they never found the WMD's, so its like, wow, no problem...

y'know, in a normal world, this shit would be screaming headlines; now it's just relegated to an afterthought almost, cause there's so much other bullshit being flung at the people. i was trying to make like a scorecard, beginning w/the bushCo scandals and other assorted criminal shite but i lost track; there are way too many of them.