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SECURITYJun 19 · 08:02 UTCTHE RIO TIMESFlorencia Belén Ruiz

Argentina Issues National Alert After Cesium-137 Theft in Rosario

Argentina’s nuclear regulator issued a national alert after a cesium-137 calibration capsule was stolen in Rosario. The capsule, used to check nuclear-medicine equipment, had an activity level of about a hundred millicuries and was left on a laboratory counter inside lead.

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