If you ever thought you were too scatterbrained to get hired somewhere, maybe you should apply at Halliburton. The oil field tool company seems to have misplaced one of its tools and is asking for the public's help in finding it. What tool did it lose you ask? Was it an expensive screwdriver or specialized diamond oil tool? Nope. Halliburton seems to have "lost" a radioactive cylinder used to detect rock formations when drilling and fracking for oil. Now before you go run out to Texas to aide in the search, the company is warning people that this device is 10 times more harmful to people than X-Rays. Brendan Spaar tries to avoid X-Rays and limit the amount of radiation that he is exposed to. The cylinder is considered a Category 3 radioactive device (Cat 1 being the most dangerous).
The agency's explanation of a Category 3 source that hasn't been dispersed by fire or explosion reads: "This source, if not safely managed or securely protected, could cause permanent injury to a person who handled it or who was otherwise in contact with it for some hours. It could possibly — although it would be unlikely — be fatal to be close to this amount of unshielded radioactive material for a period of days to weeks."
Exposure for more than a week could be deadly? What is someone going to sleep with it under their pillow or carry it around in their pocket? I would follow the trail
Source: http://news.yahoo.com/halliburton-misplaced-radioactive-cylinder-not-handle-224308508.html
The agency's explanation of a Category 3 source that hasn't been dispersed by fire or explosion reads: "This source, if not safely managed or securely protected, could cause permanent injury to a person who handled it or who was otherwise in contact with it for some hours. It could possibly — although it would be unlikely — be fatal to be close to this amount of unshielded radioactive material for a period of days to weeks."
Exposure for more than a week could be deadly? What is someone going to sleep with it under their pillow or carry it around in their pocket? I would follow the trail
Source: http://news.yahoo.com/halliburton-misplaced-radioactive-cylinder-not-handle-224308508.html
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