CBRN event in New Jersey, Howell area, United States of America on Tue 5th March 2019

5th March 2019

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The Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection reported that a load of scrap metal from the John Blewett company in Howell, NJ set off radiation alarms and was returned. John Blewett found "what appeared to be the instrument panel from a World War II era plane" with a radium gauge. The panel and workers were decontaminated and the material is awaiting proper disposal.

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New Jersey ( Howell area )

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