CBRN event in Peru on Wed 8th October 2014

8th October 2014

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On the night of October 8, armed thieves entered the storage facility at the company and equipment and various electronic ítems were stolen, as well as two sources of Am-Be 185 GBq each (Category 3), within a yellow container.
The company notified the National Police and the IPEN (regulatory body), who sent a team for performing a quick search of the sources in the area.
Local advisory warnings to the public were issued.
In the night of October 9th, the National Police located the sources at 80 km from Talara, and called the IPEN Team which identified the two Am-Be sources and put them into safe an secure condition. The sources were not removed from the container so irradiation of thieves did not happen.

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