Officials looking for missing nuclear device that fell off truck

[damnedifIknow]

Crews are looking for a missing nuclear gauge -- containing sealed sources of radioactive material -- that was lost May 3.

The Pennsylvania DEP, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission and West Virginia state officials are searching Interstate 81 between mile markers 17 and 24, where it apparently fell off of a truck, the Department of Environmental Protection said in a press release.

Pennsylvania firm Valley Quarries Inc. of Chambersburg, Franklin County, is licensed by the DEP to possess and use the gauge. Staff members from the company said it was being used in West Virginia at the time it was lost.

Troxler Model 3430

"It is critical for anyone who has information about the lost nuclear gauge to contact the Pennsylvania DEP, Nuclear Regulatory Commission or a local law enforcement agency immediately," DEP Bureau of Radiation Protection director David Allard said. "As long as the device is not tampered with or damaged, it presents no hazard to public safety."



http://www.post-gazette.com/stories/local/region/officials-looking-for-missing-nuclear-gauge-near-pa-wva-border-687602/

[MotherPetrie]

1. Sounds like an episode of Reno 911

[dorkzilla]

2. And THIS is the government that Alex Jones and the Paulites are sooooo afraid of...

They can't even keep track of potentially dangerous nuclear devices and yet...

[Trajan]

3. I could swear I saw this on MacGyver ..

He blows up a terrorist truck, rescues the girl and saves the day ...

But he never found what he was looking for ...

[rocktivity]

4. It fell off a truck? I thought that only happened in Mafia movies.

How big is it, anyway? Do we have to worry about somebody blackmailing the government against detonating it? I thought THAT only happened in James Bond movies!




rocktivity

[wercal]

27. I used to use this gauge

The radioactive source is not nearly big enough to do much damage (dirty bomb).

The people who lost my it are in deep doo doo...it is supposed to be chained to the vehicle.

Btw its purpose is to measure the density of compacted soil as part of road construction.

[7962]

5. Where'd I leave my keys..........

[Duckhunter935]

6. one of these?

http://www.troxlerlabs.com/products/3430.php

[LiberalEsto]

7. Oopsie!

I sure hope it doesn't go boom!

[MineralMan]

8. It is not a "nuclear device,"

for jebus sake. It is test instrument containing a small amount of radioactive material. These are widely used by industries of many kinds. It fell off a truck, and will be recovered shortly.

[Brother Buzz]

14. It was lost May 3

I suggest they start scouring the flea markets, pawn shops, Craigslist, and what not.

[MineralMan]

20. Already recovered and returned

to its owner.

[Brother Buzz]

25. Well, End of story

[Buzz Clik]

17. +1

[zappaman]

9. It's a "nuclear gauge" not a "nuclear device".

Not sure why you felt the need to change the headline.

[damnedifIknow]

11. Oh picky

Is it a device? I rest my case.

[zappaman]

16. Just wondering why you changed the headline.

"Device" is more alarming than "gauge", wouldn't you agree?

[damnedifIknow]

30. Dramatic effect

Guage is so blah.....

[MineralMan]

15. I know! Sensationalism.

Did I get it right?

[John1956PA]

10. May 16, 2013, 1:35 PM: Nuclear gauge that fell off Chambersburg company's truck found in Maryland

Link: Nuclear gauge that fell off Chambersburg company's truck found in Maryland

[MineralMan]

13. End of story.

[maddezmom]

26. Thanks for this n/t

[Mopar151]

12. Pennsylvania rules.....

Any moron who finds it will have to take it out back and shoot at it.

[name not needed]

18. After downing a case of Yuengling, of course.

[Mopar151]

28. I spent a month in Carbondale one week

Seemed like more of a Natty Lite/Rolling Rock crowd to me - definitely the 30 pak.

[madinmaryland]

29. Iron City Light.

[Buzz Clik]

19. Cs-137 sealed source. Been found.

Now we don't have to worry about someone putting in their pocket or eating it.

[BlueJazz]

21. Great..Just Great..they actually lost a Nuclear Bomb ? How could they ..

....be so careless !

[zappaman]

22. Let's hope NK doesn't get it! n/t

[BlueJazz]

24. Even worse, from what someone told me, a large group of people...

...broke into the bomb plant and stole more than just one.

This whole "Fell off the truck" thing is just a cover-up.

[alcibiades_mystery]

23. Yo, I got 20 iPhones that fell off a truck

[SidDithers]

31. Pennsylvania has a nuke event...

If you're going to use alarmist language in you title, might as well go whole hog.

Sid