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Missing nuclear package sparks major search after ‘very dangerous’ radioactive container vanishes on its way to Spanish airport

 Daily Mail 16th, By NATALIE PENZA, 17 December 2024 

A hunt was underway last night for a missing radioactive package which ‘failed’ to arrive at Madrid’s Barajas Airport.

Spain‘s Nuclear Safety Council (CSN) sounded the alarm yesterday evening over the transport package with ‘four radioactive sources’ of ‘very dangerous’ category 2 Selenium-75.

Local reports said the CSN had sent a team of inspectors to the airport to try to glean more information.

El Pais, a Spanish media outlet, reported that the CSN has since located the package and it has been deactivated.

It was not immediately clear how the transport container with the radioactive package had gone missing.

The International Atomic Energy Agency defines Category 2 on a scale of one to five as ‘very dangerous for people because the radioactivity carries grave risks where material is not properly protected.

Before the package was recovered, the CSN was last night recommending that anyone who came across the package should avoid touching it and immediately alert the authorities.

Selenium-75 is an isotope that has radiopharmaceutical uses. Se-75 sources are also used on off shore oil rigs and at power generation plants during outages……………………………………………………………………………………… https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-14199155/missing-nuclear-package-spark-major-search-spanish-airport.html

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