In the US, stolen radioactive plutonium, while special agents slept in the hotel
In 2017, plutonium and radioactive cesium were lost at the Idaho National Laboratory, which can be used to make nuclear weapons. The incident tried to "hush up" the US Department of Energy, so the details of the theft became known only 16 July 2018, writes TJournal.
It turned out that two government officials who were transporting plutonium and cesium left samples in the back seat of the car. The agents parked the car at the Marriott Hotel in a disadvantaged area of Texas and went to sleep.
At night, unknown persons broke the glass of the car and stole the case with the instruments and samples. Plutonium was used for research and had to be disposed of, but the amount stolen would be enough to make a “dirty bomb”.
The incident was made public by journalists from the Center for Public Integrity. According to the description from the internal report of the US Department of Energy, they found a police report containing details of the theft.
The documents of the Ministry of Energy, it was stated that parking at the hotel was in a safe area. However, reporters found that, according to police, more than 87 thefts occurred there in a year.
San Antonio police officers consulted the FBI on the case, but none of the agencies issued a public statement. The police could not detect fingerprints, recordings from surveillance cameras or witnesses. Inspection of local pawnshops also did nothing, and a year later the authorities do not know where the radioactive substances are.
According to experts, in the United States regularly occur theft of radioactive substances. Similarly, over the past 13 years, about 15 kilograms of enriched uranium and 45 grams of plutonium could disappear.
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