NRPA says 23 canisters with cobalt-60 still missing

Stockholm (Platts)--17Jan2006

Norway's military still can't account for 23 cylinders with radioactive
cobalt-60, the Norwegian Radiation Protection Authority (NRPA) said yesterday.
In all, 354 cylinders were missing; the problem came to light when a number
were first discovered last November at an industrial scrap heap in northern
Norway. Cobalt-60 is used to help adjust sensitive measuring instruments. NRPA
officials said they consider the military's inability to account for the
cylinders extremely serious and that prolonged exposure to cobalt-60 could be
deadly. Military officials have said they will set up a system to register
radioactive material, NRPA said, but did not explain why registration was not
already required.

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