Radioactivity in cargo ship probed at Port Newark

From: The Record (Bergen County, NJ) | Date: September 11, 2002| Author: | Copyright information

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Radioactivity in cargo ship probed at Port Newark By MITCHEL MADDUX, STAFF WRITER Date: 09-11-2002, Wednesday Section: NEWS Edtion: Late Edition 2 of 2 versions

U.S. Coast Guard personnel and federal agents were examining a cargo ship at Port Newark on Tuesday night after it triggered a radioactivity detector during a search, officials said.

The radioactivity seemed to be coming from either cargo containers or from the ocean-going ship itself, which was at a wharf at the Maersk Sealand terminal, an official familiar with the incident said.

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