nuclear materials stolen from Manila factory , huh!

[111prez]

nakakagulat naman ito. read on ........

Search on for nuclear materials stolen from Manila factory
First posted 12:49pm (Mla time) Sept 09, 2005
Agence France-Presse

PHILIPPINE regulators appealed to the public for help in the search for three capsules containing radioactive substances that were pilfered from a disused factory.

The capsules with the radioactive gas Krypton-85 were apparently stolen from the Paper City Corp. compound in northern Manila earlier this year, said Teofilo Leonin, chief of the government's nuclear regulatory assessment unit.

Exposure to Krypton-85 can cause third-degree burns, said Leonin whose unit inspects licensed users of such equipment.

The capsules were used to measure the thickness and density of paper. The factory closed more than a year ago amid a court case.

It is possible that those who took the equipment did not know what it contained and were hoping to sell it to a scrap dealer, Leonin said.
i wonder how many more factories in the metro have these materials?????

[falken]

If it's used for measuring thickness and density of paper, then other paper mills would most probably have them.

[orly_andico]

hindi naman super-toxic yung krypton na yan eh. that's just a radioactive gas (and not too radioactive at that). even your run-of-the-mill smoke detector has americium-141 (a radioactive metal) inside them.

[theveed]

kung si superman nga takot dyan eh tayo pa! :P

[orly_andico]

boss david, solid po yung kryptonite ) hindi gas..

[theveed]

joke lang yun no eto naman

[falken]

kung si superman nga takot dyan eh tayo pa! :P

Si Batman na lang.

[BlueBimmer]

si darna na bahala dyan

[zidane21]

he he he akala ko yung dating nuke reactor core ng bataan nuclear plant ang nasa news!
kahit si kapitan basa kaya na yan!

[niky]

sus... yun lang pala. I think the former factory owner was remiss in not properly securing or selling the equipment.