NSW: Police yet to locate radioactive isotope

From: AAP General News (Australia) | Date: November 30, 1999 | Copyright information


AAP General News (Australia)

11-30-1999

NSW: Police yet to locate radioactive isotope

Police are yet to locate a potentially dangerous radioactive isotope that went missing
in Sydney's southwest yesterday.

Police say the isotope was lost from a workman's truck about 1pm yesterday somewhere
between Narellan and Campbelltown.

The isotope was contained within a 19cm long cylinder, marked with radioactive warning
stickers, a p...

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